malaise

Example Sentences

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One sign of the malaise outside tech is that many blue-chip stocks have been hitting 52-week lows lately.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

That’s had big implications for global crude prices, which have risen some 17% over the past month—pushing Treasury bond yields higher and stoking renewed concerns about inflation and general malaise in the world’s biggest economy.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Tryl says it's part of a "wider malaise" that may seem minor or cosmetic, but "chips away" at Britons' perceptions of their local area, making them feel their communities are "neglected or forgotten".

From BBC • May 2, 2026

But there is no doubting the cultural and political malaise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Fronted by a lush lawn and palm trees, the Union Passenger Terminal had opened in 1954, an art deco-style building once aspiring to grandness but since overtaken by a certain grey municipal malaise.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers