Her hopes reached their nadir when she learned that his family had intercepted all her letters to him. From LearnThat.org.
To see Wes Craven descend back into his late-80s nadir is a tragic thing indeed. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Mendelson: HuffPost Review: My Soul to Take (2010)] Reference
But market participants expect a near-term nadir for the cash rate of around 2.5%. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Unveils Aggressive Stimulus Plan] Reference
The nadir was the 2007 Rays' bullpen with its 6.16 ERA. From Wordnik.com. [SI.com] Reference
The nadir is the lowest point in the heavens and the zenith is the highest. From Wordnik.com. [Keats: Poems Published in 1820] Reference
Truly marking my nadir was the debate on bendy straws, in which I argued both pro and con. From Wordnik.com. [Six Years of Blogging - Anil Dash] Reference
The nadir is an argument that I’ve never before seen from even the least perceptive Oxenford backer. From Wordnik.com. [Law] Reference
The nadir was a dreadful free-kick hit by Drogba that was so off target it did not even go out for a goal-kick. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
A PSA bounce defined as nadir plus 2 ng / ml followed by a spontaneous PSA decrease is observed in 10\% of patients. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
The night when he had stumbled into the cafe in Dalton Street might well have been termed the nadir of Hodder's experience. From Wordnik.com. [The Inside of the Cup — Complete] Reference
Ms. LuPone does give due prominence to the performances that could be described as the nadir and the apex of her career to date. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Anyone who randomly incorporates the word "nadir" into his writing is amazing!. From Wordnik.com. [Why Nerds Are Unpopular] Reference
13-Test unbeaten record and for India the nadir was a 2-0 loss in 2002-03. From Wordnik.com. [ta tvnz national headlines auto group] Reference
But it said OECD activity now looks to be approaching its "nadir", following its deepest decline since World War II. From Wordnik.com. [National Nine News] Reference
So this is not a new nadir for panto, but a new kind of nadir, with a distinctly modern, and unprecedented, commercial influence on stage. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
"nadir" where the coming regulation of financial markets. From Wordnik.com. [The Latest on Air America] Reference
That period marked some kind of nadir; he’s certainly rebounded since then to give readings with a lot more energy and verve. From Wordnik.com. [BSO: seeking Levine, or successor?] Reference
The nadir may have been April's crummy "Silent Hill.". From Wordnik.com. [Rosemary's Babies] Reference
BP's stock price has rallied 40% since its June nadir. From Wordnik.com. [BP Seeks Cure in a Shrink] Reference
It was from the nadir to which she had thus fallen, that the rulers of. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859] Reference
But 2003's "American Life," produced by Mirwais Ahmadzai, was her nadir. From Wordnik.com. [Madonna’s ‘Hard’ Sell Hardly Succeeds] Reference
The two reached a nadir last week when they robbed a bank in Acworth, Ga. From Wordnik.com. ['Down the Wrong Road'] Reference
Indeed, Boston's pro sports teams were at what was likely an all-time nadir. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Root, Root, Root For The Home Team] Reference
When the United Kingdom was at the peak of its power, Poland was at its nadir. From Wordnik.com. [The Lesson Of Poland] Reference
Life becomes awful by its reaches: its span from zenith to nadir, by moral parallax. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864] Reference
The result has been a sequence of disastrous poll results that this week hit a new nadir. From Wordnik.com. [Economic Recovery Doesn't Lift Merkel] Reference
United States stands at the political zenith; the confederate States at the political nadir. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The Western media hit a nadir of bias and unprofessional sycophancy during the Kosovo crisis. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorists and Freedom Fighters] Reference
It hit a nadir late last summer with the tumultuous exit of its high-profile chief programmer. From Wordnik.com. [How To Use A Lifeline] Reference
The period between the world wars marked the nadir of the Navy's relations with black America. From Wordnik.com. [Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965] Reference
U.S. - Japan relations, as a result, have descended to a nit-picking nadir not seen for several years. From Wordnik.com. [Will Japan Save Itself?] Reference
But the nadir came when 79-year-old costar Lauren Bacall snapped at a reporter for describing Kidman, 37, as "a legend.". From Wordnik.com. [Newsmakers] Reference
By the 2007 season, its sixth and the nadir by far, its tone reflected a threat level that its audience wasn't feeling anymore. From Wordnik.com. [The Real Reality TV] Reference
According to forestry expert Roger Sedjo of the nonpartisan Resources for the Future, U.S. forest cover reached its nadir about 1920. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond Owls Versus Loggers] Reference
Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, described the debate as a nadir in "Islamophobic rhetoric.". From Wordnik.com. [To N.Y. Muslims, Islamic center near Ground Zero would be more than a mosque] Reference
Bentley had long languished in Rolls's silver shadow and reached its nadir in the United States in 1980 when it sold exactly zero cars. From Wordnik.com. [A Smooth Ride] Reference
"Romance" is indeed an ironic title: Marie's exploration reaches its nadir in a brutal encounter on a stairway that leaves her shattered. From Wordnik.com. [A Handful Of Tangos In Paris] Reference
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