be symptomatic

Example Sentences

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It’s a reminder that what often looks like dominance in the global economy may instead be symptomatic of a pathological codependence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

This behavior may be symptomatic of a serious disorder.

From Salon • Sep. 22, 2023

Working from bed may also be symptomatic of collective malaise.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2020

I agree with much of your reply, although I do also think the touching is itself a big problem—it doesn’t have to be symptomatic of something else in order to be taken seriously.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2020

This peculiarity must be symptomatic, and it must have been influential.

From Oxford Lectures on Poetry by Bradley, Andrew Cecil