malady
Example Sentences
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The word “nostalgia” first emerged to describe what doctors back then considered a malady, thinking it unwise to long for the past.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
You are also suffering from a very modern malady: decision paralysis.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
By treating actual adults—the chat participants weren’t teenagers—with kid gloves, they contribute to the cultural malady of infantilization.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
Wheezy if, God forbid, the pop star has been stricken with a laryngeal malady?
From Salon • Aug. 20, 2025
Yes, Lore, my main affliction now is simply a malady of eagerness.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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