How to Use oversold in a Sentence

oversold

adjective
  • This stock, a Club name, is way oversold.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Still, some investors thought the tech stocks had been oversold, and bought into the dip.
    — Lucinda Shen, Fortune, 15 June 2017
  • Some investors might think that the stock had become oversold in its recent slide.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2025
  • With the oversold rebound at the end of the week, the weekly results were not that bad.
    — Tom Aspray, Forbes, 16 May 2021
  • Here are the most oversold stocks in the S & P 500 .
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Here’s everything to know about dealing with an oversold flight.
    — Ramsey Qubein, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2022
  • The oversold rally has been strong, as is normally the case in a bear market.
    — Lawrence McMillan, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The following table shows this week’s most oversold names.
    — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Now the company is trying to make oversold flights less of a problem.
    — Lucinda Shen, Fortune, 12 July 2017
  • The bears remain very much in charge, as the latest oversold rally was a failure.
    — Lawrence McMillan, Forbes, 1 July 2022
  • The bulls have so far defended the area, with the help of oversold conditions.
    — Lawrence McMillan, Forbes, 1 May 2022
  • For now, though, the market has to get more oversold to make an opportunistic trade.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
  • On the other hand, this week's most oversold stocks included a slew of software names.
    — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2026
  • That still indicates an oversold market, but not as bad as before.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
  • That peak occurred at the end of an oversold bounce and this reading looks to be more significant.
    — Tom Aspray, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Here are the most oversold and overbought S & P 500 stocks.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Here’s a look at the most oversold and overbought S & P 500 stocks.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 9 May 2026
  • No, this two-win, mini-run of respectability shouldn’t be oversold.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Nov. 2019
  • But this booming area of cancer treatment has critics, who say its promise has been oversold.
    — Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS, 24 Apr. 2018
  • On occasion, airlines may bump passengers from a trip when the flight is oversold.
    — Amanda Maile, ABC News, 29 June 2022
  • Today being cooler than Tuesday may have been a bit oversold.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 11 July 2018
  • The Ritz Ybor has cleaned up for the event, which is oversold and absolutely slam-packed.
    — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The result—that giving poor mothers money changes their babies’ brains—was oversold.
    — Stuart Ritchie, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Here’s a look at the most oversold and overbought S & P 500 stocks as the new year kicks off.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Rooker said hindsight shows that tax plan proponents oversold the amount of growth the cuts would generate.
    — Bryan Lowry, kansascity, 11 Oct. 2017
  • The stock is currently trying to bounce from deeply oversold levels but the stock remains in poor technical shape.
    — Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 2 June 2022
  • The markets bounced on Friday, likely a bounce from oversold conditions.
    — Robert Barone, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Tech stocks did better than the overall market, owing to the tech sector’s oversold condition.
    — Andy Patrizio, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2000
  • To summarize, the type of sentiment and extremes in new lows and highs, breadth, and oversold readings have occurred at lows in the past.
    — Bill Sarubbi, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2022
  • Yes, much of Apple's gains came from a rebound in what had been an oversold stock market in late 2018.
    — Kevin Kelleher, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2019

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