1.   Convictions have hardened, for better for worse, and the floaters have touched bottom.

2.   He swam down but could not touch bottom.

3.   The housing market has touched bottom.

4.   The lake was too deep for their long poles to touch bottom.

5.   It was about then that I noticed I could not touch the bottom and I felt myself going faster downstream than I was going across.

6.   Although his backing among ordinary Russians touched bottom over the Chechen war, his opponents have proved unable to capitalize on his unpopularity.

7.   Analysts say mortgage rates may have touched bottom last month, though.

8.   But he may not yet have touched bottom.

9.   In deep-water exercise, participants usually cannot touch the bottom and wear belts or vests so that their heads are above water.

10.   Insert a candy thermometer without letting it touch bottom of pot.