Sentence examples for bellwether thing from inspiring English sources

(Had McAuliffe won in a 7-point walk, the media would have just ignored any Hillary Clinton connections and moved on, never again mentioning the whole bellwether thing).

"They are still an important bellwether in things like cellular handsets," said Mr. Hoffman, adding that he looked forward in the conference call to the company's guidance on unit sales and prices.

Thereafter, the specter of Fleetwood Mac's past lives loomed large, a kind of eerie bellwether for things to come.

Montana's glaciers serve as a bellwether of things to come as heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere increase and warm the planet.

It might make a better bellwether for how things are going when it comes to reaching those under 35.

McDonald's, that bellwether of all things unpalatable yet delicious, opened its first branch in France in 1972; it fared so badly that the company withdrew from the country until 1979.

In California, the bellwether for all things pertaining to illegal immigration, large numbers of U.S.-born Hispanic students continue to be classified as nonnative "English language learners" through much of their school years, even though they speak English, because their academic and linguistic skills are so deficient.

But to some degree it is also a bellwether, a forecast of things to come as information and technology continue to nip at the heels of the state.

But if CES was a bellwether for the smart assistant, things don't look great for Cortana.

That's been my bellwether, because I wanted to do things that seemed like they were unusual.

Q: What are a few bellwether districts that we should watch to see how things are going?