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Definition
a state of listlessness or inactivityor:
a belt of calm seas and light winds near the equator
- Business is in the doldrums, but we think it will pick up in the Spring.
- A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.Phyllis Mcginley
- The team's doldrums were not over; they lost their fifth consecutive game.
- The day the Mariposa entered the doldrums, Martin was more miserable than ever.London, Jack -- Martin Eden
- This is as dull as the doldrums.Stevenson, Robert Louis -- Treasure Island
- Thomas wanted to stand up and cheer, sure that Alby would finally snap out of his doldrums.James Dashner -- The Maze Runner
- The traffic had diminished considerably, the rush hour over, the street in the doldrums of midmorning quiescence.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
- On previous days we had waited for the doldrums in the middle of the day when the isle was still in the water, the sea a glazed mirror.Dan Simmons -- Hyperion
- You've been pampered with thrills, and if you don't get a first-class kick every day, you sulk and fret about in the doldrums.Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain
- Another event which took place during the July doldrums gave me much to think about.Farley Mowat -- Never Cry Wolf
- But now, unless he were so fortunate as to be nominated and subsequently elected to this county judgeship, defeat and political doldrums loomed ahead.Theodore Dreiser -- An American Tragedy
- This is as dull as the doldrums.Robert Louis Stevenson -- Treasure Island
- Another couple of days, we'll be out of the sweeps and into the June doldrums.J.D. Robb -- Glory in Death
- Leah A FTER THREE WEEKS of the doldrums I made Ruth May get out of bed.Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
- Like the ancient mariner, Louie and Phil had found the doldrums, the eerie pause of wind and water that lingers around the equator.Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
- He was sinking farther into the doldrums with every second.James Dashner -- The Kill Order
- To this I quickly answered: 'Let me tell you, goddess, whatever goddess you may be, these doldrums are no will of mine.Homer -- The Odyssey
- "WHAT ARE THE DOLDRUMS?" he cried loudly, and tried very hard to see who would answer this time.Norton Juster -- The Phantom Tollbooth
- She was like a sailor caught in the doldrums, waiting with increasing desperation for the faintest hint of a breeze to fill the sails and let the journey continue.John Grogan -- Marley & Me
- EAGER FOR A BREAK from the doldrums of summer in London, with Parliament in recess and "everyone fled from the city," the Adamses decided to see some of the English countryside.David McCullough -- John Adams
doldrums = state of listlessness or inactivity
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