Sentence examples for barometer it from inspiring English sources

If Mr. Monserrate's campaign office, at 99th Street and 41st Avenue in Corona, is any barometer, it may seem that the threat he poses is inflated.

But even if we can't expect Twitter to be an unerring emotional barometer, it is proving extremely valuable for understanding how language varies among different demographic groups.

All that said, the RCP polling average is not the perfect political barometer it is so often held up to be.

If the Sept. 11 attacks are a legitimate barometer, it would appear that the sense of community will dissolve as soon as the crisis fades.

Perhaps scientific track record would be a better barometer?" It's edifying – isn't it?

Though a novelist's stated intentions shouldn't override a critic's internal barometer, it's nonetheless disappointing that there are probably fewer print publications where a book critic might interview contemporary authors than there were even 30 years ago, when Tom LeClair and Larry McCaffery released their landmark interview collection, "Anything Can Happen" (1983).

It's like an antique barometer, but it works, it does what it is supposed to".

Sometimes, like certain not very infallible barometers, it predicts a fall of rain after the rain has come down.

"It has lost a huge amount of credibility as a benchmark and barometer, but it was always known that it was open to abuse and it was heavily (exposed to) potential conflicts of interest," said Chris Huddleston, head of money markets at Investec.

"It's not a perfect barometer, but it's a strong indication that there will be significantly fewer showing up," he said.

She used herself as a barometer: "If it didn't make sense to me, it probably didn't make sense to a lot of people".