How to Use downtrend in a Sentence

downtrend

noun
  • At the start of last week the downtrend, line d, and the zero line were both overcome.
    Tom Aspray, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
  • In the Arctic, the downtrend in the extent of floating sea ice has been clear and pronounced since the late 1970s.
    Chris Mooney, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Technically, the stock has topped out and is in a steep downtrend.
    Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 6 May 2021
  • But velocity has been in a downtrend for the past two decades!
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 19 May 2021
  • In the Antarctic, no clear downtrend in overall sea ice extent has yet emerged.
    Chris Mooney, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Technically, the stock is in a downtrend for most of this year and just fell 37% below its 52-week high.
    Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The move through the downtrend, line b, four weeks ago was a bullish signal for the intermediate term (point 2).
    Tom Aspray, Forbes, 5 Feb. 2023
  • The monthly graph shows the reversal of a seven- year downtrend in relative strength.
    Bill Sarubbi, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The sharp reading last week reversed the downtrend in sentiment, line b.
    Tom Aspray, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The gauge pushed further away from its recent downtrend and climbed above a key moving average for the first time in 15 months.
    Charlotte Yang, Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2022
  • The health authority last week reported an overall downtrend from mid-May to the end of the month.
    oregonlive, 9 June 2020
  • The recent downtrend appears to be driven, in part, by a volatile gauge of margins called trade services.
    Sharon Nunn, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2018
  • India's Sensex bucked the downtrend to advance 4.4%, its seventh straight year of gains.
    Weilun Soon, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Technically, the stock is in a steep downtrend and a lot more time and price are needed before a new uptrend emerges.
    Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 1 June 2022
  • There have been plenty of things to worry about as this stock market downtrend progressed.
    John S. Tobey, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Yamamoto said the yen is expected to stay in a downtrend if stocks remain strong.
    Abhishek Vishnoi, Bloomberg.com, 31 Aug. 2020
  • The completion of the trading range on May 5th, point c, on increasing volume was a sign that the downtrend had resumed.
    Tom Aspray, Forbes, 14 May 2022
  • This is typical of a rally in a downtrend and favored even lower prices.
    Tom Aspray, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Until either of those levels are taken out the stock is still in a downtrend and the path of least resistance remains down.
    Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 26 May 2022
  • Technically, the stock is in a steep downtrend that began in July 2021.
    Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The selloff is profit-taking rather than the start of a downtrend, Societe Generale says.
    Joanna Ossinger, Bloomberg.com, 4 Sep. 2020
  • After breaching a six-year downtrend line, gold is at the highest level since Nov. 4, and has advanced 12.7 percent this year.
    Sid Verma, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2017
  • Gold participated in the rally, hitting a new high in August, but since then it’s been stuck in a downtrend.
    Frank Holmes, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Areas such as Italy – once deemed the hot spot of the pandemic in Europe – have indeed continued to see a downtrend in numbers.
    Fox News, 28 June 2020
  • The move comes as the restaurant industry aims to bounce back from a downtrend during the coronavirus pandemic.
    Haley Victory Smith, Washington Examiner, 8 June 2020
  • Then, in the last report, the two current components showed a larger drop - still at good levels, but indicative of a downtrend.
    John S. Tobey, Forbes, 28 Aug. 2021
  • The downtrend is much starker in the individual bay systems on the middle and lower coasts.
    Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Jan. 2022
  • During the final week of May, bitcoin and stocks experienced a brief relief bounce, which paused the broader downtrend in prices.
    Krisztian Sandor, Fortune, 1 June 2022
  • High temperatures continue their slight downtrend, topping out in the upper 50s to low 60s.
    A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
  • External economic factors may have contributed to the discount chain’s downtrend as well.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023

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