Example sentences for: bellwethers

How can you use “bellwethers” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • On the left, large liberal foundations like Ford and Carnegie, the bellwethers of political correctness, throw millions of dollars into projects relating to these ideas.

  • Regardless, the market did take it on the chin this week, battered by the combination of earnings disappointments from a couple of bellwethers and, above all, by the soaring yield on the 30-year bond.

  • But, again with the rare exception, all these bellwethers have seen their stock prices get crunched.

  • Take this week's raft of upgrades and bullish comments on some Internet bellwethers by analysts at firms ranging from Merrill Lynch to Paine Webber.

  • This week, things brightened slightly, for no obvious reason aside from excellent earnings from bellwethers Cisco (a holding of mine) and Wal-Mart (which I don't own but probably should) and a general sense that the market was "oversold."


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