How to Use bode in a Sentence

bode

verb
  • Three threes in a row don’t bode well.
    Agnieszka Szpila, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • All of which bodes well for a rich list this time next year.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 18 Dec. 2025
  • That does not bode well for their future health.
    Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • That doesn’t bode well for consumers.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026
  • That doesn’t bode well for summer road trip plans.
    Byron Hurd, The Drive, 15 May 2026
  • That does not bode well for the rest of the season.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Felony record this young doesn't bode well for their future, so what now?
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
  • That bodes well for the party out of power.
    NBC news, 10 May 2026
  • That bodes well for their success in the series.
    David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
  • That bodes well for spending in the coming months.
    Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Budanov’s rise bodes well for Ukraine’s prospects in peace talks, too.
    The Week Uk, TheWeek, 18 Jan. 2026
  • This bodes well for banks like Goldman Sachs .
    Zev Fima,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
  • That bodes well for Pat Noonan’s team.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
  • That doesn’t bode well for McDaniel.
    Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • That alone does not bode well for the Americans.
    Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Perhaps that bodes well for the World Cup in about a month.
    Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 3 May 2026
  • Gloom and doom from him usually bodes well for the market.
    Scott Schnipper, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
  • That bodes well for the Broncos across the next couple months.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 30 Nov. 2025
  • That does not bode well for consumer spending in the coming months.
    Ian King, CNBC, 6 May 2026
  • That often doesn’t bode well for the need to focus on academics.
    Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The conditions did not bode well for gardens this year.
    Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Such concerns do not bode well for the postseason.
    Will Sammon, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • These trends bode well for the domestic box office.
    Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 12 May 2026
  • That would seem to bode well for him with the Masters next on the horizon.
    ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • All of which bodes well for Zeev, who clearly has big plans for the future.
    Michal Lev-Ram, Cnbc Contributor, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
  • This does not bode well for a team that doesn’t have home-court advantage in this series.
    Zach Harper, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • For buyers who took out car loans in the pandemic years, those trend lines do not bode well.
    Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • That bodes well for Tampa’s role in 2026.
    Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • That does not bode well for her future in Fort Lauderdale.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2026
  • All these pressure points bode well for Warren and the Bears.
    Chris Tye, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2026

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