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

The property market, now in a doldrums, will eventually bounce back.

From Washington Post

But Slater, a charter airline pilot, knew it was miles away, and the strange wind, which blew a gale one minute, died to doldrums in the next, had him confused.

From Washington Post

It meant the Bruins were comfortably on the way to a win over Washington State, putting the doldrums of recent weeks behind them.

From Los Angeles Times