How to Use bear market in a Sentence

bear market

noun
  • But experts are hopeful that the end of the bear market is in sight.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The top spot belongs to the opening bell of the dot-com bear market.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 8 June 2026
  • But stocks bounced a bit from there and have managed to avoid a bear market, at least so far.
    — Arkansas Online, 31 May 2022
  • The same goes in reverse when a bear market gives way to a new bull market.
    — Mark Hulbert, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2018
  • And that puts it a far ways off from a bear market (a drop of 20% or more).
    — Adam Shell, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2018
  • There’s a bear market out there bringing a smile to some investors.
    — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
  • In a bear market, in other words, the price is right for anonymity.
    — Jessica Klein, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Of course, there’s a lot to worry about in this current bear market.
    — Simon Moore, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Ten-year treasuries at four-year highs — does this herald the start of a bond bear market?
    — Marc Jones, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Indeed, Whirlpool’s stock is off by more than a third since the start of the bear market.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • That means the index is in what Wall Street calls a bear market.
    — Yuri Kageyama, ajc, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Are stocks headed into a bear market?
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The cries for a correction or bear market seem to be getting stronger by the day.
    — Sean Williams, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2017
  • And, this marks the second bear market for Tesla shares this year.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2020
  • That’s not to say that a recession is around the corner, or that a bear market looms.
    — Gwynn Guilford, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2019
  • That time is at the bottom of a bear market — just as a new bull market is about to begin.
    — Mark Hulbert, USA TODAY, 15 May 2018
  • That sent bonds and the dollar tumbling and stocks an inch away from a bear market in April.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
  • Bull markets tend to last longer than bear markets because stock prices tend to trend upward over time.
    — Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 21 Nov. 2025
  • That is a violent bear market and the stock needs a lot of time and price to repair the damage.
    — Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 19 July 2022
  • The stock market has gained more than 260 percent since the last bear market.
    — Gail Marksjarvis, chicagotribune.com, 20 Sep. 2017
  • The worst part of a bear market, besides the fears of penury, is the uncertainty.
    — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2022
  • Such a decline means the index is now in what Wall Street calls a bear market.
    — Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2022
  • That means a fall of at least 10% from a recent high and one that marks the halfway point to a bear market.
    — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Wall Street defines a bear market as a drop of 20% or more from a recent high.
    — David Marino-Nachison, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The index is down more than 20% for the year, having entered a bear market two weeks ago.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 30 June 2022
  • Stocks’ big rally from the bear market is more like a dead cat bounce, UBS says.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2022
  • That's not a crash or a bear market, which are markets that have fallen 20% from recent highs.
    — March 25, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Remember, there is a ton of money that is not long, and therefore would do better in a bear market.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Crude prices had been in a bear market just weeks ago, what Wall Street calls a drop of 20% or more.
    — Washington Post, 21 June 2019
  • None of this makes the losses from the soon-to-be bear market of 2022 any easier to abide.
    — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2022

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