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The event's pop-up bar boasted a handful of cocktails, including "Death in the Afternoon," whose ingredients were listed as "Champagne, Absinthe, and Ennui," the latter of which greatly cheered up the goth in me.
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2023
Ennui itself is a brand: In December, Pantone announced two colors of the year for 2021; the first was Ultimate Gray.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2021
Ennui and tropical torpor figure in many Buffett songs.
From Washington Times • Aug. 26, 2020
“You reveal character not by the author saying anything,” he told Existential Ennui, “but by the character saying something, or doing something.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2019
Ennui is not one of my friends," said Mr. Linden smiling—"not even an acquaintance.
From Say and Seal, Volume II by Warner, Susan
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