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
For example: three states were produced in the hypnotic subject which Charcot considered to be symptomatic and characteristic.
From Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing by Cutten, George Barton
