Weakness at plant level was reflected in sharply negative wage drift in 1964 and 1965.

Overall the oil embargo had a sharply negative effect on the Canadian economy.

Assessments of his work have ranged from totally apologetic to sharply negative.

Rouble interest rates are sharply negative, and the currency has fallen from 144 to the dollar 12 months ago to 812 now.

A Point of Attack Moreover, the instant gloss from television news was sharply negative.

Critics have said that such a program may produce sharply negative results in some school districts, like increasing racial and economic segregation in schools.

As might be expected, it worked, but all of the press was sharply negative.

Growth turned sharply negative in 1998 and 1999 as a result of the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

The book opened to sharply negative reviews and sold poorly.

The leading stock indexes yesterday closed mixed after being sharply negative most of the day.