dyspeptic

Example Sentences

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Now, what tired, achy, occasionally dyspeptic middle-aged person doesn’t like the sound of that?

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

His characteristically dyspeptic interview in the Wall Street Journal trivializes the intelligence and individuality of Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson for no apparent reason beyond petty resentment.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2023

Here he’s more dyspeptic, cynical, unsatisfied, insecure, prone to panic and driven by insecurities.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2023

He is a world-class ranter, continuing an American tradition that includes such dyspeptic luminaries as H.L.

From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2022

The news that an alien’s dyspeptic pains were persisting did not, however, evoke any sympathetic words, and again I retreated into Trinity Street with a prescription for more white stuff.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson