How to Use barometer in a Sentence

barometer

noun

• By my schedule barometer, the Dolphins and their fans don’t have much to complain about.
  — Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 13 May 2021
• The race will also serve as a barometer of sorts on the margin in the overall Senate.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
• The race is a barometer on where Democrats are on their attempts to flip a reliably red district.
  — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 1 May 2021
• The Angels, who have lost four straight and 10 of 13, aren’t a good barometer.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2021
• That’s a reopening business that could be a good barometer of how eager people are to go out and travel.
  — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 17 May 2021
• But during the pandemic, the numbers have become a less reliable barometer.
  — Staff and Wire Reports, oregonlive, 22 Apr. 2021
• Because streaming services seldom share viewing data, there's not even a clear barometer for how many people have seen these candidates.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 23 Apr. 2021
• Behind him, this group will be a bit of a barometer for the state of the minor league pitching program in the third year of this project — though only the second year with actual baseball.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 1 May 2021
• Cole invokes the swagger and competitive fire of pro basketball, using it as a barometer for prosperity.
  — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 18 May 2021
• This is a better barometer of their true talent than their actual statistics, removing biases (such as park effects) from their numbers.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• As these customers made vacation plans, their discretionary spending decisions (made well ahead of their arrival date) have long served as a barometer for the larger health of the economy.
  — Clark Twiddy, Forbes, 21 May 2021
• Fewer than nine hours a week is a good barometer, but the number of hours is less important than whether the child’s schoolwork, relationships or mood are suffering as a result of time spent online.
  — Washington Post, 24 May 2021
• Beyond impressions, Bennett was the barometer in many ensemble sketches.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 May 2021
• Eleven Madison Park is hardly a barometer of mainstream tastes: A tasting menu from the former menu cost $335 without drinks or tax.
  — Washington Post, 3 May 2021
• That’s a little bit of a barometer, too: how the vibe was walking out of the space.
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2023
• The Week 4 game against Tom Brady and the Bucs will serve as a much better barometer.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2021
• It’s not a great barometer by which to figure out the truth.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2022
• The song spilled over to TikTok, a new barometer for whether a song is a hit, and caught fire.
  — New York Times, 7 July 2021
• That’s a much better barometer of where the team stands.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2022
• Your phone needs to have a barometer as well as an IP rating for the app to work.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 7 July 2021
• It’s my regular hot flash, and it’s the barometer of how the rest of my night will go.
  — Carey Rossi, Good Housekeeping, 10 Jan. 2023
• Anyone can go out and beat a bad team or take the series, but this is the barometer.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2022
• If home runs and steals are the barometer, there aren’t many MLB teams more fun than the Orioles right now.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2023
• This track Sets the heaviness barometer for the rest of the album.
  — Jon Weigell, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2021
• And then, the 28-year veteran strength coach gave a barometer for how much of each.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 27 July 2023
• Your barometer had a small amount of carbon subsidy, but more on the tax side.
  — Time, 6 Aug. 2023
• Turnovers have been a barometer for Phoenix in this series.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2022
• But the club’s next three games spread over seven days will serve as a barometer for coach Nate Miller’s club.
  — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023
• This game will serve as a barometer for where the Rams really are.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023
• This week, a separate barometer of wage growth that economists say is more accurate, called the employment cost index, showed that private-sector wages grew 3.8% in the third quarter, the slowest pace in three years.
  — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024