malady
Example Sentences
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Some believed that the latest epidemic was of a "mystical malady", a common belief in some remote areas of the DRC.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
Anxiety paralysis is real, and people who procrastinate often are not lazy, but instead suffer from this all-too-common malady.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
By treating actual adults—the chat participants weren’t teenagers—with kid gloves, they contribute to the cultural malady of infantilization.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
While Mimi seemed unaffected by her malady, Khorram’s voice was tinged with exhaustion.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025
Dark, glowering woodwork, burnt-brown leather chairs, walls that might once have been white but had succumbed under a spreading malady of mold or damp.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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