How to Use ennui in a Sentence

ennui

noun
Definition of ennuinext
Synonyms for ennuinext
  • Even the ceremonies to mark the moment speak to the ennui.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2020
  • This is the term of people who believe their ennui is epochal.
    — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2016
  • Teasdale has a voice that can swing from deep and teasing to dry and laden with ennui.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Do not be alarmed if your sandwich triggers a wave of ennui.
    — Ryan Chapman, The New Yorker, 15 July 2022
  • El-P makes beats that are chunky and abrasive, full of machine-age ennui.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
  • Hank is filled with ennui soaked with a tinge of anger, with a sprinkle of misanthropy on top.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Grace Ko) sweeten the pill and help relieve some moments of ennui.
    — Deborah Young, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2019
  • Yet the ennui is not just a matter of pandemic chaos and the numerous scandals in the prelude to the Games.
    — New York Times, 22 July 2021
  • To appeal to such a wide audience, the brands have sanded down the creative edges of their products to the point of ennui.
    — Dana Thomas, Town & Country, 18 Feb. 2016
  • Winslet has played her fair share of women grappling with ennui.
    — Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 27 May 2021
  • For some adults, a kind of fatalistic ennui has set in.
    — Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
  • But that wouldn’t solve my ice-cream-versus-ennui problem.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The songs evoke the smell of damp school sweaters and the ennui of suburban bus shelters, as well as the money scraped together to buy Dr. Martens boots.
    — Una Mullally, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2018
  • But parents don't have to fear boredom any longer with this list of the best activities for kids in 2022, meant to cut ennui off at the pass.
    — Lauren Piro, Good Housekeeping, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Andre 3000, in one of his best guest verses, matches the song’s concern with ennui.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2022
  • Bored teenagers dealing with the world at large may have more devices in-hand now, but that tumult of emotions and ennui remains the same.
    — Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Vaughn Williams will be familiar to fans of aging-white-guy ennui.
    — Benjamin Alsup, Esquire, 17 Apr. 2009
  • But the anger and despair point to a real and growing ennui that’s taken root among younger people.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The tone of this section is one where the feelings of ennui are offset by tension brought on by a great sense of foreboding.
    — Michael Heaton, cleveland.com, 27 Apr. 2018
  • And so, most of the posts on the subreddit radiate with a strong wistful ennui in lieu of any firmware updates on the horizon.
    — Luke Winkie, The Verge, 20 Jan. 2021
  • The ennui of endless days, week and months at home is understandable.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2020
  • For a country so given to Gallic shrugs and black-and-white movies crammed with ennui, France really does know how to have fun on the road.
    — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Some folks like to fight off garden ennui by taking out the weed eater and getting a bit aggressive.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2022
  • What could have been a sketch of Cheeveresque ennui is instead a brief and lovely survey of contentment.
    — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2018
  • When Adam is hit with a bout of ennui, Eve tries to bring his spirits up — and then Eve's sister re-enters their lives and starts to cause trouble.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The only cure to her ennui: raspberry jelly, of which there’s a scant supply.
    — Lisa Kennedy, The Know, 24 May 2017
  • The tour issues from her 2022 album of the same name, a dance record born out of a need to escape the ennui and claustrophobia of the pandemic’s prime time.
    — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Speaking of start-up ennui, more tech workers are seeking therapy — with the help of apps.
    — New York Times, 22 Sep. 2019
  • Much has changed in the nine years since Inside Out first hit theaters but emotions — joy, sadness, grief, fear, envy, embarrassment, ennui and anxiety — are universal.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024
  • Rather, the show’s real thrill exists in its alchemy of atmosphere and performance, which is by turns haunting; aching with overcharged, Norma Desmond–ish ennui; and refreshingly funny.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024

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