doldrums

Example Sentences

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Nine months on, the Vikings are in the doldrums of a disappointing season.

From The Wall Street Journal

During the doldrums of early April, did you consider selling your equity portfolio to move to the sidelines and come back after the stock market had recovered?

From MarketWatch

Left with nowhere to go but up, the show has, shockingly, begun to hoist these women out of the doldrums — at least for now.

From Salon

He constantly saved the Lions - in 1989 they were in the doldrums after some wretched tours in the 80s and he resurrected them with a series win in Australia.

From BBC

With one foot in either place, we’re pulled between the impish naivete of childhood — when the future seemed vast and bright — and the doldrums of adulthood.

From Salon