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

That offsets the doldrums in investment banking, where revenues have been depressed by rising interest rates and economic uncertainty.

From Reuters

The long-awaited tax reform aims to simplify the system, widely considered overly burdensome for both individuals and businesses, and boost economic growth that has drifted between downturns and doldrums for the last decade.

From Seattle Times

University graduates are being hit especially hard by China's economic doldrums, with youth unemployment hovering at or above 20%.

From BBC