malaise

Example Sentences

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The coffee squeeze is emblematic of a broader malaise sweeping office life at American companies, which appear to be in a race to find inefficiencies and cut costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

She tries to control her symptoms by using pacing techniques - a strategy that balances rest and exertion to minimise post-exertional malaise.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

Often, the design’s playfulness obscures the protagonist’s malaise.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

The takeaway: the world’s second largest economy could be in for a longer stretch of economic malaise as officials stay their course.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

“She just got back,” the doorman tells Gogol with a wink as he walks past, and his heart leaps, unburdened of its malaise, grateful for her simple act of returning to him.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri