How to Use pullback in a Sentence

pullback

noun
  • Those names may be due for a pullback.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Traders are wary of a pullback.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 18 June 2026
  • These names may be due for a pullback near term.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026
  • That should act as the new floor on any pullback.
    Jay Woods, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Then there was a little bit of pullback.
    Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Helping the growth trade was a pullback in bond yields as prices rose.
    Michael Wursthorn, WSJ, 22 June 2021
  • But critics said their prices rose too far, too fast and were due for a pullback.
    Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • But the stock has been swept up in a broader market pullback.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Put another way, a bunch of these stocks were due for a pullback.
    Tobias Burns, CNBC, 4 June 2026
  • But a near-term pullback isn’t out of the question either.
    Sarah Min, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Any sudden turns or threats along the way here could drive some pullback in stock prices at the very least.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2020
  • As long as that holds, this is a pullback within an uptrend, not the end of it.
    Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Is this just a quick pullback, or has the phenomenon run its course?
    Julia Horowitz, CNN, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Watch for a low-volume pullback to around $70, which is where the stock broke out from.
    Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
  • To some, that indicated the time might be ripe for a pullback.
    Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2020
  • This is one of the reasons behind the recent pullback in gold prices.
    CNBC, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Consumer shock at the gas pump may have contributed to the pullback.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Yet experts say that a pullback is not always cause for concern.
    Steve Kopack, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2025
  • As gasoline prices rise, the threat of a pullback in retail becomes more of a threat.
    Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 13 July 2026
  • Now, for the first time, the scale of that pullback is becoming public.
    Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2024
  • And their yields are especially high right now, again thanks to the pullback.
    Michael Foster, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The pullback was the indexes’ first lower close in five days.
    Damian J. Troise and Alex Veiga, chicagotribune.com, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Price pullbacks followed, but were brief overall.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Despite the pullback in sales, home prices continued to rise last month.
    ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • As long as pullbacks stay above that zone, the structure remains intact.
    Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
  • As long as pullbacks hold that area, the advance remains intact.
    Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Regardless, Hirsch said to view any pullback as short-lived.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
  • But a pullback in hiring has fanned fears that that medicine is now proving worse than the disease.
    Steve Kopack, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Investors seemed to offload some stocks more than others amid this week's pullback.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Despite the pullback, shares have surged more than 530% over the last three years.
    Sean Conlon,sarah Min, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026

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