angst

Example Sentences

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Bonds are also showing some signs of the geopolitical angst.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Now a stunningly large increase in the cost of imported goods has added to the angst.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

As the Times’ polling guru Nate Cohn put it, the survey revealed deep angst about being able to meet “the rising price of entry for a middle-class life.”

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

The book trend cover suggests collective angst about adulthood, highlighted by a cultural fixation on “girlhood” that sparked a spate of online think pieces in recent years.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

It’s a 1990s grunge rock kind of a day, all angst and loud guitar.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon