angst

Example Sentences

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As the Times’ polling guru Nate Cohn put it, the survey revealed deep angst about being able to meet “the rising price of entry for a middle-class life.”

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Leadership angst remains, and could come roaring back in May.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

The book trend cover suggests collective angst about adulthood, highlighted by a cultural fixation on “girlhood” that sparked a spate of online think pieces in recent years.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

And worries about Chinese consumer spending and inflation are adding to the Alibaba angst.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

This never happened to me in Florida, this oh-so-high-school angst about who likes whom more, and I hated myself for letting it happen now.

From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green