A massive underwater land slump or partial subsidence suddenly left the highly pressurized magma chamber wide open.
A slump in grain prices combined with big increases in the price of luxury items put pressure on the lifestyle of the feudal aristocracy.
And I wrote sci-fi for years when the market was in a slump...
Being nominated for a Grammy for their first album has caused many a musician to fall into the "sophomore slump", this is not the case for the Foos.
Dr. Chris Gibson-Smith, the service's outgoing chairman, believes the company has finally turned the corner following a major post-9/11 slump.
Due to the market slump, another Star Wars game was not released until 1991 with a platformer game for the NES and Game Boy.
Edith seemed to slump down in her seat.
Filling up on one as a snack can take away your afternoon slump and help you burn fat.
Following unification in Germany 15 years ago there was a definite economic boom followed by a slump.
Green cosmetics retailer Body Shop yesterday made public the mistakes which left the company with a huge slump in profits.
Her move in 1986 coincided with a dramatic slump in the housing market, enabling her to purchase a large garden flat.
However, Kelly made critics do a double take when she avoided the sophomore slump with her 2004 album, Breakaway.
However, this year's GCSE and A-level results showed an alarming slump in the number of students learning languages.
If there is a severe trough phase, then the slump is a depression.
In the process, the French managed to destroy forests and other natural resources, and the result was a disastrous economic slump.
It only takes a slump or a sudden currency devaluation to bring back the pain of the 1980s.
It tastes great and can he give you a great jolt of energy in the afternoon when you're starting to feel the evening slump.
It was a tremendous effort, but he managed it, and let himself slump back into the chair.
Jake watched her slump again and rubbed his mouth nervously.
Likewise, a snack low in calories during the late afternoon helps avoid an afternoon slump.
Of course, as we now know, the equity market suffered a marked slump.
Often, the arrival of a new writing team is applauded, particularly if the show is suffering from a creative slump.
Perhaps you were in a job slump, and while you were waiting to hear back from prospective employers, you killed time watching daily soap operas.
Recently I experienced a major hiccup which didn't become a slump.
Sales numbers began to slump in 2009, so Activision announced that it would release fewer SKUs in 2010.
That was in contrast to the 0.4 per cent slump experienced elsewhere in the UK.
The economic slump of the early 1990s heralded an uncertain time for Japan.
The post-war slump brought a last-ditch amalgamation of traction engine manufacturers including Burrell's.
The second album "Come Out Come Out" showed any rumors of a sophomore slump to be as false as a three dollar bill.
The slump of the 1930s, followed by immersion in the war economy, had promoted a dirigiste turn of mind.
Then there came a slump; probably the truth was rather that money was becoming less unnaturally abundant than that there was any over-supply of labour.
This is certainly not an indicator of a sophomore slump.
This proved that Kanye was not suffering from a "sophomore slump."
This slump continued with the PS2/GameCube rivalry.
We headed home tired but happy for a slump on the sofa.
We often stress for instance that boom and slump are not antithetical categories as crude GCSE textbooks proclaim.
Why, then, do the Japanese collude with the ' slump ' idea, constantly bemoaning its own failures.
With the economy in a slump, there are plenty of commercials advertising affordable family trips, both to the magic kingdom and elsewhere.
You're experiencing the not-so-new-relationship slump.