How to Use ennui in a Sentence

ennui

noun

• Her deadpan, eye-rolling ennui is perfect for the role of a drunken could-be widow whose innate cynicism has risen to the level of nihilism — not a big jump, given her circumstances.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 26 June 2024
• 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
• El-P makes beats that are chunky and abrasive, full of machine-age ennui.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Winslet has played her fair share of women grappling with ennui.
  — Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 27 May 2021
• For some adults, a kind of fatalistic ennui has set in.
  — Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
• But that wouldn’t solve my ice-cream-versus-ennui problem.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2022
• The songs evoke the smell of damp school sweaters and the ennui of suburban bus shelters, as well as the money scraped together to buy Dr. Martens boots.
  — Una Mullally, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2018
• But parents don't have to fear boredom any longer with this list of the best activities for kids in 2022, meant to cut ennui off at the pass.
  — Lauren Piro, Good Housekeeping, 31 Oct. 2022
• Andre 3000, in one of his best guest verses, matches the song’s concern with ennui.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2022
• 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
• Vaughn Williams will be familiar to fans of aging-white-guy ennui.
  — Benjamin Alsup, Esquire, 17 Apr. 2009
• But the anger and despair point to a real and growing ennui that’s taken root among younger people.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
• 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
• 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
• The ennui of endless days, week and months at home is understandable.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2020
• For a country so given to Gallic shrugs and black-and-white movies crammed with ennui, France really does know how to have fun on the road.
  — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 17 Nov. 2022
• 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
• 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
• When Adam is hit with a bout of ennui, Eve tries to bring his spirits up — and then Eve's sister re-enters their lives and starts to cause trouble.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 12 Jan. 2023
• The only cure to her ennui: raspberry jelly, of which there’s a scant supply.
  — Lisa Kennedy, The Know, 24 May 2017
• The tour issues from her 2022 album of the same name, a dance record born out of a need to escape the ennui and claustrophobia of the pandemic’s prime time.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2023
• Speaking of start-up ennui, more tech workers are seeking therapy — with the help of apps.
  — New York Times, 22 Sep. 2019
• Rather, the show’s real thrill exists in its alchemy of atmosphere and performance, which is by turns haunting; aching with overcharged, Norma Desmond–ish ennui; and refreshingly funny.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024