What is "skyrocketing"

Usage examples of "skyrocketing".

The government imposed price ceilings on basic food commodities as a means to forestall skyrocketing prices, but many wholesale suppliers disregarded the ceilings and demanded higher prices anyway.

With retail price controls in force and wholesale prices skyrocketing, White Castle had few other options.

An inflationary economy sent wages and prices skyrocketing before settling down to a more modest climb.

Our trip had taken us through desolate western towns and parched looking Midwestern farming communities, the lat-ter of which enjoyed none of the benefits of a skyrocketing stock market.

This resulted in skyrocketing prices for what tea was available, which on Portsmouth was tantamount to cause for a declaration of war, if only the party responsible for the catastrophe could be positively identified.