How to Use bearish in a Sentence

bearish

adjective
  • The market has been bearish lately.
  • 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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