melancholy

Her melancholy yet danceable single “Choosin’ Texas” has spent 14 weeks at No. 1.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

One music journalist told us it was the "perfect football song" with its melodious mix of "euphoria and melancholy".

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Right now in Los Angeles it’s Wes Week, with multiple tributes to the career of filmmaker Wes Anderson, known for his fastidious visual style, melancholy longing and nerd-chic aesthetic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Then the house DJ blasted two melancholy mariachi classics that had become the unofficial theme songs of Mexico’s World Cup run: “Cielito Lindo” and “El Rey.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

Vincent worries about his situation with Sien, plus he's got a fatigue he can’t shake, and bouts of melancholy.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

The pains, regrets and melancholies of the adult characters mingle with the fresher but no less complex experiences of the teenagers getting a taste of love, death and fellowship for the first time.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

Says Faber Birren, 82, the dean of American color researchers: "Color distracts you from yourself and relieves you of inner anxieties, melancholies and fears."

From Time Magazine Archive

But their melancholies had rapidly evaporated in the warmth of the unexpected encounter.

From Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) by Arnold Bennett

Pearson's deep brown face and sunburned light hair gave him the appearance of a schoolboy seized by one of youth's profound and insolvable melancholies.

From Waifs and Strays Part 1 by O. Henry

There are as many Hamlets as there are melancholies.

From Intentions by Oscar Wilde