ennui descended on the participants of the conference when the main speaker did not appear for an hour. From LearnThat.org.
So, I suppose, this ennui is the ying to that yang. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Writing Blahs] Reference
"I suppose this is what they call ennui," said Eric again, after a pause. From Wordnik.com. [Eric, or Little by Little] Reference
The ennui is without doubt the worst thing a POW has to contend with. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas Hawksworth] Reference
To cause ennui is to descend as low as possible in the regard of the person whom one loves. From Wordnik.com. [Indiana] Reference
The post-novella ennui is not as bad as the post-novel ennui, but it's still pretty darned draining. From Wordnik.com. [the plot of our life sweats in the dark like a face] Reference
Kind of funny, isn't it, that the Kudeshka word for "schoolchildren" sounds a bit like the English word "ennui"?. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
It means the post-novel ennui is wearing off, and maybe when coffeeem sends back "Lucky Day," I'll have something useful to say about it. From Wordnik.com. [a little drop of poison in the red red blood] Reference
It's easy to sink into foodie "ennui" - visiting the same three restaurants over and over. From Wordnik.com. Reference
That is too close to ennui, which is his greatest dread. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the Science of Sociology] Reference
The former is called ennui, and the latter is in his heart. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
Even art-induced ennui, which is rare, a certain feeling -- a feeling of not feeling. From Wordnik.com. [Maria Rodale: Top Ten Reasons Why Art is Essential to the Human Spirit] Reference
"I was just thinking about the disaffection of my generation," she began, "and the idea of ennui …". From Wordnik.com. [Abandonment] Reference
I'd rather play doom but im too full of "ennui" to get it runnning on a mac. From Wordnik.com. [***The Fall Season Preview***] Reference
The problem, says Paris-based political scientist Hans Stark, is French "ennui". From Wordnik.com. [Sour Krauts?] Reference
"Duh," Sophie says, with the kind of ennui that only four-year-olds can pull off. From Wordnik.com. [Vanishing Acts]
“Avail” evokes the kind of ennui that might plague suburban slackers at the dawn of a new millenium. From Wordnik.com. [Quick Review 01 : Christian Bök : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
The French word "ennui" came into common use at about the same time, and so did the Italian word "noia.". From Wordnik.com. [James Elkins: Are Artists Bored by Their Work?] Reference
You must have guessed that we should suffer, ah, so terribly, from 'ennui'. From Wordnik.com. [The Northern Iron] Reference
I was having some much-maligned/oft-dismissed twentysomething "ennui," I suppose. From Wordnik.com. [Largehearted Boy] Reference
These are the afternoons when a low-table side induce a kind of ennui in this part of London. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
The first time I'd even seen the word "ennui" was in reading Edward Gorey's odd book "The Gashlycrumb Tinies.". From Wordnik.com. [Lone Prairie] Reference
By then, almost a kind of ennui had set it, and as temperatures rose again, Praguers expected that would be it for this winter. From Wordnik.com. [Latest articles - Radio Prague] Reference
"ennui," a word Henry missed, but both of the spellers made errors with "vicinage.". From Wordnik.com. [Gwinnett Daily Post Headlines] Reference
Besides ennui and bafflement, there's palpable heartbreak too. From Wordnik.com. [Vampire Weekend: Beyond The Blogs] Reference
Julien was tempted to reply: "Mine, for the moment, is ennui.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
That reality has the organization settled into a sense of ennui. From Wordnik.com. [Many Unhappy Returns] Reference
At the very least I must own up to my role in Casey's perceived ennui. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Orlins: Is my Dog Bored? Worrywart Wonders] Reference
In the summer of 1995, I was filled with garden variety, post-college ennui. From Wordnik.com. [Alanis Morissette's Acoustic 'Little Pill'] Reference
Digital threats: It isn't just audience ennui that's putting home video on pause. From Wordnik.com. [Hit The Eject Button] Reference
Not knowing what to do, and being afflicted with ennui, I began to read one of them. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Her pieces all seem to be about that Euro-ennui regarding life at the end of the century. From Wordnik.com. [Invasion Of The Rat-King] Reference
I will be cocooning for the rest of the month, returning to my previously-scheduled ennui. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Laermer: I Learned Everything on My Summer Vacation] Reference
If you are suffering from the general ennui caused by your own fiction, press three. From Wordnik.com. [How I met Lili] Reference
Alternately generating adrenaline and ennui, "Vertical Limit" battles itself to a hard-earned draw. From Wordnik.com. [Cliffhanger] Reference
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