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Bellwethers is an English word. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Bellwethers in a sentence

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Bellwethers | Bellwether

Bellwethers meaning

plural of bellwether

Using Bellwethers

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of bellwether

Context around Bellwethers

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 16.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

industrial 1×

Often after:

remained 1× struggling 1× boeing 1× falling 1×

Sentence patterns with Bellwethers

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

are the bellwethers of good 1× from industrial bellwethers boeing co 1× have been bellwethers at every 1× of these bellwethers remained 1× sector s bellwethers struggling the 1× state s bellwethers in presidential 1× u s bellwethers falling by 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

anticipation and planning 1× in another era 1× losses in u 1× three seats have 1× u s bellwethers 1× with the sector 1×

Common sentence endings:

and caterpillar inc 1× depot and walmart 1× even more precarious 1× north and watford 1× of good management 1× of republican votes 1×

Words around Bellwethers

Just before it in the word index:

bellwether 79 bellweather 2 bellway 25 bellware 2 bellvue 3 bellville 14

Just after it in the word index:

bellwood 5 bellwoods 2 belly 684 bellyache 2 bellybutton 4 bellyful 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 11 abacos 11 abboud 11 abbreviate 11 abdelkader 11 abdomens 11

Corpus analysis for Bellwethers

  • In this selection, "bellwethers" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 16.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, industrial, remained, struggling and boeing stand out and add context to how "bellwethers" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include are the bellwethers of good and from industrial bellwethers boeing co. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "bellwethers" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with bellwethers

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Anticipation and planning are the bellwethers of good management. (9 words)

But after the 2020 election, just one of these bellwethers remained. (11 words)

With the sector’s bellwethers struggling, the situation for smaller players becomes even more precarious. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

In another era, Montgomery, Chester, Delaware and Bucks counties were the state’s bellwethers in presidential races and reliable sources of Republican votes. (23 words)

U.S. bellwethers falling by 2.9 percent or more included Boeing, General Electric, and Caterpillar, Apple, Home Depot, and Walmart. (21 words)

Losses in U.S. stocks were muted, though, despite big earnings misses from industrial bellwethers Boeing Co and Caterpillar Inc. (20 words)

Example sentences (7)

But after the 2020 election, just one of these bellwethers remained.

Three seats have been bellwethers at every general election since February 1974: Loughborough, Northampton North and Watford.

With the sector’s bellwethers struggling, the situation for smaller players becomes even more precarious.

In another era, Montgomery, Chester, Delaware and Bucks counties were the state’s bellwethers in presidential races and reliable sources of Republican votes.

Anticipation and planning are the bellwethers of good management.

Losses in U.S. stocks were muted, though, despite big earnings misses from industrial bellwethers Boeing Co and Caterpillar Inc.

U.S. bellwethers falling by 2.9 percent or more included Boeing, General Electric, and Caterpillar, Apple, Home Depot, and Walmart.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "bellwethers" in a sentence?
An example: "But after the 2020 election, just one of these bellwethers remained." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "bellwethers" from authentic English texts.
What does "bellwethers" mean?
Bellwethers means: plural of bellwether
How many example sentences with "bellwethers" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "bellwethers", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.