How to Use bottom out in a Sentence

bottom out

phrasal verb
  • Most of us will bottom out in the upper 30s to low 40s.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
  • But the three-month retreat seems to have bottomed out.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Gas prices tend to bottom out at this time of the year because people drive less.
    Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The light winds and lack of clouds allow temperatures to bottom out in the 20s to near 30.
    Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
  • In 2022, the overall percentage bottomed out at ninth in the Mountain West.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Sohn's optimistic that the troubles in housing could be in the process of bottoming out.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 3 May 2023
  • Skies are partly cloudy and temperatures bottom out in the low to mid-30s.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
  • The tone isn’t the nervy, enervated feeling of bottoming out from too much booze and blow.
    Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Skies should be partly cloudy by dawn when low temperatures bottom out in the mid-60s to low 70s.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 24 June 2023
  • Low temperatures want to bottom out in the mid-30s to around 40 degrees.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2023
  • This week’s news from Country Garden and Vanke suggest the crisis might not have bottomed out yet.
    Laura He, CNN, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Overnight, skies should clear as temperatures bottom out in the upper 50s to mid-60s.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
  • Yet stocks took months to eventually bottom out, and peaked at a much lower level than the 2015 high.
    Bloomberg, Fortune Asia, 6 Feb. 2024
  • If the fastener or sleeve bottoms out and sticks out of the hole, obviously tbat’s not going to work too well.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 26 May 2023
  • The Bad Boy Pistons were sore losers after getting swept by the Bulls, then got worse for a few years before bottoming out.
    Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 16 Dec. 2023
  • But keep in mind that the waters are deeper here (bottoming out at about 32 feet, where a long underground cave draws divers).
    Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Even as the batting average and on-base percentage (.285) bottomed out the last two seasons, the promise of the pop in his swing remained.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2023
  • That’s about the same chance the Warriors have at completely bottoming out of the top 10 seeds altogether.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
  • With dew points still hovering in the sticky low to mid-70s, our air temperatures slowly bottom out in that range as well.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Low temperatures bottom out in the upper 50s to low 60s.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Low temperatures bottom out in the dry, crisp air within the upper 40s to mid-50s (downtown) range.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Devlin DeFrancesco had an issue with his right front tire, causing his car bottom out along the back straightaway.
    Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2023
  • Skies stay mainly clear overnight and breezes decline as temperatures bottom out again in the upper 30s to mid-40s.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Benz pointed out that the U.S. stock market has risen since bottoming out in October.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Sales of existing homes bottomed out in 2023, as the nation’s homeowners refused to budge.
    Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Low temperatures bottom out in the 60s throughout the region.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • Most mornings, starting around five, delivery trucks go over said bump, float up on their suspensions, and then crash down and bottom out.
    Curbed, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Temperatures will bottom out around sunrise in the upper 30s to mid-40s.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Spring temperatures linger in the 70s on average, with cooler evenings bottoming out in the mid-50s.
    Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2023
  • Low temperatures will bottom out in the upper 30s to mid-40s under mostly clear skies.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2023

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