How to Use ennui in a Sentence

ennui

noun

• 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
• Winslet has played her fair share of women grappling with ennui.
  — Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 27 May 2021
• 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
• For some adults, a kind of fatalistic ennui has set in.
  — Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The ennui of endless days, week and months at home is understandable.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2020
• 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
• El-P makes beats that are chunky and abrasive, full of machine-age ennui.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
• 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
• Chekhov gets a bad rap for his productions being accused of having a false ennui.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
• But that wouldn’t solve my ice-cream-versus-ennui problem.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2022
• Still, then and now the colors on his palette were shaded more toward ennui than anguish.
  — Houston Chronicle, 2 June 2018
• 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
• This is a movie about misery, which makes viewers feel every bit of the characters’ ennui.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
• The only cure to her ennui: raspberry jelly, of which there’s a scant supply.
  — Lisa Kennedy, The Know, 24 May 2017
• Vaughn Williams will be familiar to fans of aging-white-guy ennui.
  — Benjamin Alsup, Esquire, 17 Apr. 2009
• This danceable song laid down a transient pop groove with an atmosphere redolent of ennui.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 6 May 2022
• Speaking of start-up ennui, more tech workers are seeking therapy — with the help of apps.
  — New York Times, 22 Sep. 2019
• Nissan added to the viewer ennui with a spot about a racecar driver separated from his son.
  — Michael McCarthy, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2016
• These sneakers are electric in their defiance of ennui.
  — Nicolaia Rips, ELLE, 14 Aug. 2023
• 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
• The doctor suspected ennui, which in some cases can turn into weltschmerz.
  — Star Tribune, 16 May 2021
• The students, however, were mired in tech annoyance and ennui.
  — Sandra Upson, Wired, 18 Jan. 2021
• But her ennui shouldn’t be mistaken for blandness or meekness.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2022

Last Updated: 28 Apr 2024