be symptomatic

Example Sentences

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It’s a reminder that what often looks like dominance in the global economy may instead be symptomatic of a pathological codependence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

This behavior may be symptomatic of a serious disorder.

From Salon • Sep. 22, 2023

Working from bed may also be symptomatic of collective malaise.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2020

“The effects of the separation are pervasive and obviously long-lasting and I would predict, as a psychiatrist, that certainly without treatment these people are going to be symptomatic for years to come.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2020

There is something infinitely stranger in a play of Shakespeare’s, and it may be symptomatic.

From Oxford Lectures on Poetry by Bradley, Andrew Cecil