How to Use bearish in a Sentence
bearish
adjective- The market has been bearish lately.
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The lower the index, the more bearish the pros feel about stocks.
— Michael Joseph, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2023 -
In this market, the Rule of 40 is bearish, while the Rule of X is bullish.
— Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2024 -
Meanwhile, the share of those on the bearish end of the spectrum halved.
— Robert Stevens, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024 -
The more bearish view is that margins will fall even further, perhaps back to the norms of the 1980s.
— James MacKintosh, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2018 -
Some investors and traders see this move as a bearish sign.
— Frank Holmes, Forbes, 18 July 2022 -
When the market opened a few hours later, even the most bearish traders were shocked.
— Fortune, 14 Apr. 2020 -
And only the most bearish investors think cash will beat stocks over the next decade.
— James MacKintosh, WSJ, 5 Apr. 2018 -
That's the most-bearish ever in data that starts in 2006.
— Millie Munshi, Houston Chronicle, 2 Jan. 2018 -
Calderon, a bearish man with a white stripe in his dark, curly beard, seemed shaken.
— Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2022 -
But what about the next time the stock market corrects or, worse, turns bearish.
— Robert Powell, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2018 -
In April, his bearish views turned out to be right, but his timing, well, was a bit off.
— Will Daniel, Fortune, 16 May 2022 -
But the success of bearish traders in 2022 goes beyond luck.
— Lu Wang, Bloomberg.com, 30 June 2022 -
Even the world’s foremost oil cartel has a bearish view on the future of oil.
— Paul Vigna, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2020 -
The co-founder of investment firm GMO is known for his bearish views.
— Julia Horowitz, CNN, 13 Apr. 2023 -
Should the bank stock bounce back, there could be an unwinding of these bearish bets.
— Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024 -
One doesn’t have to be bearish on one Bucs receiver to be bullish on the other.
— C.d. Carter, Sports Illustrated, 9 May 2019 -
All the while, stocks were climbing out of a bearish phase into a bull market.
— Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 22 June 2023 -
Gold rose on the Fed’s bearish outlook for the U.S. economy.
— Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 11 June 2020 -
Arif Naqvi, a silver-haired man of soft, bearish charm, was giving the biggest speech of his life.
— Simon Clark, WSJ, 2 July 2021 -
And that's why some short sellers are giving up on their bearish bets.
— Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 6 July 2021 -
However, this was short-lived as the market entered its bearish phase in 2022, and the price took a hit.
— Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2023 -
Chukumba has been bearish on Bed Bath & Beyond for over a year now.
— Will Daniel, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2022 -
The dollar edged lower as CFTC data showed hedge funds are the most bearish on the greenback in five years.
— Andreea Papuc, Bloomberg.com, 15 Apr. 2018 -
Pundits who were bearish a week ago will claim that the correction is over.
— Jon Markman, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022 -
Keay blamed the bearish outlook on thin profit margins, high debt and lack of free cash flow.
— David Koenig, The Seattle Times, 19 Nov. 2018 -
His bearish remarks come at roughly the same time that Citi gave Bitcoin a boost.
— Chris Morris, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2021 -
Even with shares at records, traders were opting for bullish call options rather than bearish puts at a record pace.
— Sarah Ponczek, Bloomberg.com, 4 Sep. 2020 -
Sergey, who is approaching 70, is a bearish man with long grizzled hair and a bushy beard.
— Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024 -
Now this bearish, slightly boorish artist is just another divorced guy living in the city, marinating in booze and self-pity.
— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2024
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