angst

Example Sentences

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Together they turned their angst into action, building a website laying out their calculations and starting a petition calling for changes to the CGT discount and negative gearing which has garnered thousands of signatures.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

As investors warily eye U.S. long-bond yields near 5%, another bout of fixed income angst could be about to rattle markets.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Wall Street’s watchdogs are ramping up their inquiries into how much risk has built up in the $3 trillion private-credit industry, just as investor angst has sparked some backers to head to the exits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

But I do think this particular controversy has tapped into something deeper, purging a spiritual angst that has long surrounded liberal culture.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

Eze was the wealthiest man in the room, an owner of oil wells, and as many of the Nigerian wealthy were, he was free of angst, an obliviously happy man.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie