How to Use bearish in a Sentence

bearish

adjective
  • The market has been bearish lately.
  • None of these moves point to a lasting bearish turn.
    — Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Don’t get all that bearish about stocks because of oil.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026
  • So why doesn't that bearish pattern scare us away?
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Yet bearish bets remain in check.
    — Yun Li, CNBC, 23 June 2026
  • Calderon, a bearish man with a white stripe in his dark, curly beard, seemed shaken.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The lower the index, the more bearish the pros feel about stocks.
    — Michael Joseph, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • And that's why some short sellers are giving up on their bearish bets.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 6 July 2021
  • But the bearish thesis appears to be priced in.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the share of those on the bearish end of the spectrum halved.
    — Robert Stevens, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
  • That sounds bearish on the surface, but let’s dig a bit deeper.
    — Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • And only the most bearish investors think cash will beat stocks over the next decade.
    — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 5 Apr. 2018
  • When the market opened a few hours later, even the most bearish traders were shocked.
    — Fortune, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Should the bank stock bounce back, there could be an unwinding of these bearish bets.
    — Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
  • But what about the next time the stock market corrects or, worse, turns bearish.
    — Robert Powell, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Pundits who were bearish a week ago will claim that the correction is over.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Even the world’s foremost oil cartel has a bearish view on the future of oil.
    — Paul Vigna, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2020
  • All the while, stocks were climbing out of a bearish phase into a bull market.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 22 June 2023
  • In April, his bearish views turned out to be right, but his timing, well, was a bit off.
    — Will Daniel, Fortune, 16 May 2022
  • That's viewed as a bearish signal that suggests more downside risk may lie ahead.
    — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 21 Jan. 2026
  • During a strong bearish trend Price is below the cloud.
    — Karl Montevirgen, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • The long-term trend has been bearish with the cycles showing bearish sub-trends.
    — Clem Chambers, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The first-level fear is that pressure on drug prices is bearish for healthcare.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Still, not all analysts were bearish.
    — Yun Li, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
  • That is medium-term dollar bearish.
    — Moneyshow, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • This was a sign that the bullish sentiment was too low and the bearish sentiment was too high.
    — Tom Aspray, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
  • This was a sign that the bullish sentiment was too low and the bearish sentiment was too high.
    — Tom Aspray, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The bearish case against SoFi is that the shares are overvalued.
    — Peter Cohan, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025

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