bode

Example Sentences

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Today’s surging energy prices and rising borrowing costs, for example, don’t bode well for people digging expensive holes in their backyards and filling them with water and chemicals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

I suppose it’s still possible, but not winning this and the wide-open supporting actress category doesn’t bode well.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

This does not bode well for stocks, Deluard continues, because “higher volatility is bearish by itself … It forces dealers to shrink their books, traders to reduce capital, and risk-parity funds to cut leverage.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

The results don’t bode all that well for Tesla.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

It did not bode well that she had.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin