the blues

plural noun

: a feeling of sadness or depression

I've got (a case of) the blues.

Examples of the blues in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Guy appears in the four-time Academy Award-winning 2025 film Sinners, which helped introduce the blues and foundational aspects of his being to young people who may never have had the chance to encounter either otherwise. — Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026

And this idea of the reds and the grays teaming up against the blues very much seems to be the strategy that's being pursued in Silicon Valley. — Tonya Mosley, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026

Many musical historians credit the city as the birthplace of gospel music and of unique forms of both the blues and jazz, and note it as home base to such influential artists as Muddy Waters and Jelly Roll Morton. — Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

Holland holds onto his buoyancy even as his character battles the blues. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

Rhymes for the blues

• accrues
• accuse
• aircrews
• amuse
• bamboos
• breakthroughs
• canoes
• cashews
• chartreuse
• confuse
• construes
• defuse