malaise

Example Sentences

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A fundamental question in recent days was whether the state’s 23.2 million registered voters, who all received mail-in ballots, were waiting to vote or if they would skip the election because of malaise.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

"People get what we call malaise - achy in the muscles and the joints, and eventually developing some vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea," which he tells the BBC is "true for a lot of illnesses".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

And I sure don’t underestimate L.A.’s middle-class malaise, long a reactionary force in city politics with a winning track record that spans decades.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Agilysys was a rare bright spot as investor malaise weighed on the market Tuesday.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Poor Whitcomb, sighed the chaplain, and blamed himself for his assistant’s malaise.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller