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
Treatment.—If costiveness is suspected to be symptomatic of some derangement, then a restoration of the general health will establish the lost function of the bowels.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George