ennui
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Directed by André Gregory, the writer’s latest sees a four-person cast delivering long passages that together tell a familiar story of love, ennui and adultery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
That suggests that the downfall of AI slop may not be consumer aversion, but ennui.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
He has not been in front of us and that absence has led to the sense of ennui among the opposition.
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2024
This is not about identity politics but ennui: Even minuscule choices, like what socks to wear, are part of a larger cultural self-definition and viral conversation.
From Slate • Aug. 3, 2024
Orange groves, failed movie stars, lamplit cocktail hours by the swimming pool, cigarettes, ennui.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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