How to Use bankruptcy in a Sentence

bankruptcy

noun

• The number of bankruptcies was especially high last year.
• Critics view the decision as an example of moral bankruptcy on the part of the administration.
• The company was forced into bankruptcy.
• The company is facing bankruptcy.
• The ruling clears the way for a bankruptcy deal that includes the payout.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 31 May 2023
• This year, apart from 2020, restaurant chains are on course to have the most bankruptcies in decades.
  — Robert Barone, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
• The case now goes back to U.S. bankruptcy court to approve the settlement.
  — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 31 May 2023
• Likewise the Gators are trying to climb out of their own form of bankruptcy.
  — Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2022
• The brand has sought bankruptcy protection twice in the last twenty years.
  — Byphil Wahba, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
• Moss, however, pushed to have the bankruptcy dismissed as the case dragged on.
  — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 July 2024
• Here’s an account of the fall of Bird, which scooted from billions to bankruptcy.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2024
• The bankruptcy filing was made in the Southern District of Texas.
  — Joe Reedy, ajc, 15 Mar. 2023
• The ruling clears the way for a bankruptcy deal for Purdue Pharma, which is owned by the family.
  — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 30 May 2023
• As of May 14, the bankruptcy court has yet to decide on a deadline for creditors to file claims.
  — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
• That deal is expected to close in June, and those assets are not part of the bankruptcy filing.
  — Caitlin Owens, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
• And Bernie Sanders and I also have a bill to end medical bankruptcy.
  — ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
• At the time of the bankruptcy filing, there were about two dozen EMS doors in operation.
  — Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 9 Aug. 2024
• The state’s limit on city bankruptcies is a mere speed bump, given the magnitude of the issues.
  — Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
• The bankruptcy, and the comeback, were attention-getters that brought Diossa around the country and the globe.
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2022
• In the meantime, its lenders are funding Vice with $20 million during the bankruptcy process.
  — Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2023
• As long as the bankruptcy is no longer active, RoadLoans will still work with you on a new or used car loan offer.
  — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 21 Dec. 2022
• The company had been close to bankruptcy and was now in the fourth stage, grasping for salvation.
  — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2024
• There were 66 new bankruptcy filings in April, up from 61 filings in March.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 8 May 2024
• Still, while the bankruptcy might have come out of nowhere, concerns about FTX were evident.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2022
• No bankruptcy filings had gone live as of the early morning.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Fortune, 31 July 2023
• Butler then arranged to buy the businesses back from the man, who had filed bankruptcy.
  — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 20 Jan. 2025
• That will continue to drive pain for some households (think mortgage rates above 7%) and for firms, where bankruptcies are on the rise.
  — Robert Hormats, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
• But in the same month, the building owner fended off the foreclosure — for now — through the bankruptcy filing.
  — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
• The safeguards are important, the lawmakers said, because identity theft or bankruptcy can mean a loss of a security clearance or the end of a service member’s career.
  — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025
• More than 200 hospitals have publicly declared bankruptcy in the past five years, compared with seven in the previous five years, according to a national bankruptcy database.
  — Claire Fu, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 7 Mar 2025