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Adjective
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Investors are keenly watching these metrics as European banks transition to an environment of monetary easing, particularly in Switzerland, which has been combating a strong franc and depressed inflation with interest rates as low as 0.25%.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
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Dracula’s Daughter is about a lady vampire who seduces and feeds off other ladies and who is depressed and desperate to be cured of her unyielding desire for wom— sorry.—
Jordan Crucchiola,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2025
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Stylistically the new single sounds very similar to what Turnstile did on Glow On, though with notably more melancholic synthesizers and melodic vocals.—
Quentin Thane Singer,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Anastasio’s voice was uncharacteristically melancholic.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Particularly now that Americans are unhappy with the state of economy.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Some 59% of voters are unhappy with how things are going in the country.—
Dana Blanton,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Though the courts have not invariably ruled against Trump, the Administration’s record so far is, to use one of the President’s favorite words, sad.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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The sad story of Alex Verdugo was one of the most puzzling dramas of the MLB offseason.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Karsh believes his morbid invention will allow people to maintain a meaningful relationship with the bodies of their life partners, even in death.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
18 Apr. 2025
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How To Solve Today’s Wordle The Hint: A morbid tune.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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At this point, armed with insights about labor, the commodity, and the money-form, the reader may be shedding any melancholy incomprehension—but can’t yet have arrived at angry lucidity.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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The lyrical content of Vernon’s records have long been marked with a tinge of turmoil, and his tendency towards heavy introspection has, at times, cornered him into a trope of a melancholy, lovesick songwriter.—
Leah Lu,
Rolling Stone,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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While emergency medical personnel attended to Wells, Simpson was nearly inconsolable.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article Shaken baby syndrome is a form of abusive head trauma that occurs when a parent or caregiver violently shakes a baby through overwhelming frustration and losing control due to inconsolable or excessive crying.—
Bo Hyoun Choi,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The dissolve from a god’s eye view of a comforting, warm embrace in a bed between mother and daughter to the cold, sorrowful chill of Alex’s lonely body hits us like a wallop.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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No other actor this year delivered a line with more sorrowful force.—
Peter Rainer,
The Christian Science Monitor,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Suicidal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suicidal. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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