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Doomscrolling meaning

  1. The practice of continually reading Internet news about catastrophic events.
  2. Continuously and aimlessly consuming any content on social media, particularly sites that utilize a scrolling format, such as Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.

Using Doomscrolling

  • The main meaning on this page is: The practice of continually reading Internet news about catastrophic events. | Continuously and aimlessly consuming any content on social media, particularly sites that utilize a scrolling format, such as Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.
  • In the example corpus, doomscrolling often appears in combinations such as: or doomscrolling.

Context around Doomscrolling

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

online 1× minds 1×

Often after:

means 1×

Sentence patterns with Doomscrolling

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

anxious minds doomscrolling this year 1× doomscrolling is when 1× music or doomscrolling through social 1× on what doomscrolling means but 1× people or doomscrolling which is 1× sit online doomscrolling i m 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

doomscrolling is when 1× for yokesh a 1× npr has a 1× poetry and podcasts 1×

Common sentence endings:

actually helping anything 1× doomscrolling this year 1× of bad news 1× of bed rotting 1× pretty self explanatory 1× thing to do 1×

Words around Doomscrolling

Just before it in the word index:

doomsaying 2 doomsayers 10 doomsayer 3 dooms 7 dooming 15 doomfist 2

Just after it in the word index:

doomsday 175 doomsdayers 3 doomsport 2 doomstar 3 doomsters 3 doomy 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Doomscrolling

  • In this selection, "doomscrolling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, online, minds and means stand out and add context to how "doomscrolling" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include anxious minds doomscrolling this year and doomscrolling is when. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "doomscrolling" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with doomscrolling

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

Poetry and podcasts have become the best balms for anxious minds doomscrolling this year. (14 words)

NPR has a good rundown on what doomscrolling means, but the term itself is pretty self-explanatory. (17 words)

Doomscrolling is when you are constantly scrolling on social media platforms and consuming endless amounts of bad news. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

For Yokesh A., 24, a consultant, watching true crime documentaries on YouTube, listening to music, or doomscrolling through social media are his ways of bed-rotting. (26 words)

I can’t play the violin at four in the morning so I end up texting people or doomscrolling, which is the worst thing to do. (26 words)

There are a million and one things wrong with this country, but if all I do is sit online doomscrolling, I’m not actually helping anything. (26 words)

Example sentences (6)

Doomscrolling is when you are constantly scrolling on social media platforms and consuming endless amounts of bad news.

For Yokesh A., 24, a consultant, watching true crime documentaries on YouTube, listening to music, or doomscrolling through social media are his ways of bed-rotting.

I can’t play the violin at four in the morning so I end up texting people or doomscrolling, which is the worst thing to do.

There are a million and one things wrong with this country, but if all I do is sit online doomscrolling, I’m not actually helping anything.

NPR has a good rundown on what doomscrolling means, but the term itself is pretty self-explanatory.

Poetry and podcasts have become the best balms for anxious minds doomscrolling this year.

Common combinations with doomscrolling

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • or doomscrolling 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "doomscrolling" in a sentence?
An example: "Doomscrolling is when you are constantly scrolling on social media platforms and consuming endless amounts of bad news." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "doomscrolling" from authentic English texts.
What does "doomscrolling" mean?
Doomscrolling means: The practice of continually reading Internet news about catastrophic events.
How many example sentences with "doomscrolling" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "doomscrolling", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.