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"Barometer" in a Sentence (15 examples)
The barometer is falling. It is going to rain.
Blood pressure is important as a barometer of health.
The retail price index is a barometer of economic activity.
A barometer is an ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.
What does the barometer say?
The needle of the barometer fell low.
We take several readings of the barometer per day.
The whole place was turned upside down, drawers burst open, and presses ransacked, with the result that an odd volume of Pope's 'Homer,' two plated candlesticks, an ivory letter-weight, a small oak barometer, and a ball of twine are all that have vanished.
The barometer is an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure, especially used to study climate and to determine altitudes.
The barometer is falling. It's going to rain.
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Elsewhere, professionals could enthuse over new precision instruments capable, for instance, of measuring weights down to a tenth of a milligram, or over a host of self-registering thermometers and barometers, microscopes, typewriters, calculators and all sorts of technical and musical devices, including automatic concertinas, edeophones, auto-harps, bigophones and other long-forgotten objects.
"An election is not necessarily an accurate barometer of public opinion. There are other ways in which it makes itself felt, through the press, the forum, discussion, and through every other type of communication."
The weakest members of society become social barometers or canaries in a coal mine.
Italy’s 10-year yield spread versus Germany, considered a barometer of political and economic risks in the euro area, climbed as high as 1.9 percentage points on Tuesday, its widest since the early stages of the pandemic when investors dumped riskier eurozone government debt.
Elections in six Malaysian states on Saturday will serve as a barometer of public sentiment for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s unity government against a powerful opposition consisting of Malay-Muslim political parties.
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