Example sentences for: recession

How can you use “recession” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • (Parenthetically, I agree with your Monday correlation of the late-'80s recession and the cuts in newsroom budgets with public journalism's boom.

  • The cover editorial assesses Japan's current recession, which has so far been mitigated by the country's great accrued wealth.

  • In this spirit, the lead paragraph of the Journal's earthquake article merits quoting in full: "A powerful 45-second earthquake cut a swath through Turkey's industrial heartland, killing thousands of people, shutting businesses, wrecking major power lines and jolting national confidence just as the economy showed signs of leaving 1999's recession behind."

  • It said, "While some Euroland countries are enjoying American-style growth, others are on the brink of recession."

  • Parallels abound, from tottering President Yeltsin (akin to weak pre-Hitler President Hindenburg) to vulturous oligarchs (Weimar tycoons) to the staggering inflation and recession.


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