ennui

Example Sentences

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But, I've always said I think it's about American loneliness, and ennui, and what it means to be in so much pain that you have to cut off half of your consciousness.

From Salon

The French poet once wrote that boredom or ennui was the worst fate one could experience — worse than many of the grim topics that Tyler used to rap about.

From Washington Post

A growing feeling of sweatpants-induced ennui may be partly accountable for sales.

From New York Times

With it August, and clockwatch ennui not having yet kicked in, all the matches have a narrati story or three to excite us.

From The Guardian

Anxiety defined our national mood back in the autumn of 2020, making the limited series a brilliant antidote to the ennui that gripped us back then.

From Salon