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Doldrums meaning

  1. Usually preceded by the: a state of apathy or lack of interest; a situation where one feels boredom, ennui, or tedium; a state of listlessness or malaise.
  2. Usually preceded by the: the state of a sailing ship when it is impeded by calms or light, baffling winds, and is unable to make progress.
  3. Usually preceded by the: a part of the ocean near the equator where calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds are common.

Synonyms of Doldrums

stagnation stagnancy inaction inactivity inactiveness wind air current current of air

Related words

Other words often associated with Doldrums or its synonyms:

state weather activity activeness action inertia trait lift twist exhalation act twine

Using Doldrums

  • The main meaning on this page is: Usually preceded by the: a state of apathy or lack of interest; a situation where one feels boredom, ennui, or tedium; a state of listlessness or malaise. | Usually preceded by the: the state of a sailing ship when it is impeded by calms or light, baffling winds, and is unable to make progress. | Usually preceded by the: a part of the ocean near the equator where calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds are common.
  • Useful related words include: stagnation, stagnancy, inaction, inactivity.
  • In the example corpus, doldrums often appears in combinations such as: the doldrums, doldrums of, winter doldrums.

Context around Doldrums

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

summer 2× driven 1× depressed 1× september 1× winter 1× electoral 1×

Often after:

hard 1× signalled 1× way 1×

Sentence patterns with Doldrums

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

in the doldrums 2× of the doldrums 2× from the doldrums hard realities 1× in the doldrums before there 1× in the doldrums by the 1× in the doldrums of january 1× in the doldrums or worse 1× in the doldrums signalled this 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

afolabi gambari another 1× everything goes in 1× for months the 1× for two years 1× high real rates 1× how long would 1×

Common sentence endings:

in the doldrums 2× of the doldrums 2× 3 from jan 1× calling them plonkers 1× doldrums or worse 1× fight against inflation 1×

Words around Doldrums

Just before it in the word index:

dolci 5 dolce 93 dolby 341 dolbin 2 dolben 3 dolbee 2

Just after it in the word index:

dole 238 doleac 2 doled 71 doleful 7 dolegala 4 dolehide 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

abducting 75 accentuate 75 accomplishes 75 aggressors 75 aldis 75 alleviation 75

Corpus analysis for Doldrums

  • In this selection, "doldrums" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, summer, driven, depressed, hard, signalled and way stand out and add context to how "doldrums" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include in the doldrums and of the doldrums. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "doldrums" sits close to words such as abducting, accentuate and accomplishes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with doldrums

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

We also might see a long, sustained period of doldrums. (10 words)

Speaking on Sky Sports, Brundle said: "Lewis has really been in the doldrums. (13 words)

These were the works which were left in the doldrums by the Congress government. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate to a record high of 4% on Thursday but, with the euro zone economy in the doldrums, signalled this was likely to be its final move in a more-than year-long fight against inflation. (44 words)

The Tide survived the September doldrums, a brief upheaval at quarterback with the one-game benching of Jalen Milroe, and a perceived lack of true star power across the roster — at least when compared to previous Alabama teams. (38 words)

Everything goes in the land of Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi if you’ve won the World Cup and the Summer Doldrums have everyone vacationing on the beach, be it Mar del Plata or Punta del Este. (37 words)

Question examples

How long would Nigeria’s education sector remain in the doldrums before there is an adult in the room? (19 words)

Example sentences (20)

Afolabi Gambari, another journalist, believes Peseiro lacks the technical ability to lead the Eagles out of the doldrums.

Everything goes in the land of Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi if you’ve won the World Cup and the Summer Doldrums have everyone vacationing on the beach, be it Mar del Plata or Punta del Este.

For months, the share prices of most stocks have been in the doldrums or worse.

For two years, Democrats in Washington banked on supply-side fiscal policy propping up consumer demand to pull the U.S. economy out of pandemic-driven doldrums.

How long would Nigeria’s education sector remain in the doldrums before there is an adult in the room?

It’s no secret why they surge in the doldrums of January and February (15-3 from Jan.

I was joined by a collective of others in need of respite from the doldrums, hard realities and never-ending tasks of daily life.

Much of the burden for trying to jolt Japan out of its doldrums has fallen to the central bank.

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Nearly every step of the way, March 2023 has shown that the movie industry is starting to shake off the pandemic-depressed doldrums of the past few years.

The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate to a record high of 4% on Thursday but, with the euro zone economy in the doldrums, signalled this was likely to be its final move in a more-than year-long fight against inflation.

The Tide survived the September doldrums, a brief upheaval at quarterback with the one-game benching of Jalen Milroe, and a perceived lack of true star power across the roster — at least when compared to previous Alabama teams.

The winter doldrums are upon us, and shorter days can leave many of us yearning for brighter, longer daylight hours.

We also might see a long, sustained period of doldrums.

High real rates didn't dampen real activity and final demand accelerated throughout the year despite manufacturing being in the doldrums.

Indeed, the Korean cinema market once again appears to be drifting in pre-summer doldrums.

It all leads to his realization that there’s only thing that gets him through this doldrums: But tonight I just want to say in and be with you.

Speaking on Sky Sports, Brundle said: "Lewis has really been in the doldrums.

These were the works which were left in the doldrums by the Congress government.

The Tories, of course, are in the electoral doldrums, way off the peak of popularity they enjoyed shortly after De Vink was calling them “plonkers”.

This could not have come at a better time to help lift your domestic world out of the doldrums.

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Common combinations with doldrums

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "doldrums" in a sentence?
An example: "Afolabi Gambari, another journalist, believes Peseiro lacks the technical ability to lead the Eagles out of the doldrums." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "doldrums" from authentic English texts.
What does "doldrums" mean?
Doldrums means: Usually preceded by the: a state of apathy or lack of interest; a situation where one feels boredom, ennui, or tedium; a state of listlessness or malaise.
What are synonyms of "doldrums"?
Common synonyms of "doldrums" include: stagnation, stagnancy, inaction, inactivity, inactiveness, wind, air current, current of air.
How many example sentences with "doldrums" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "doldrums", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.