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

They were pretty close to that nadir again Thursday, if not dragging along the bare bottom of their all-too-familiar doldrums.

From Los Angeles Times

That sense of clarity, sometimes bordering on rigidity, helped Biden overcome a childhood stutter and sustained his sagging third presidential campaign through the doldrums of 2019 to an upset nomination a year ago.

From Seattle Times

Bitcoin continues to recover from the doldrums of the past few months.

From Reuters