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Definition

a state of listlessness or inactivity

or:

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

doldrums = state of listlessness or inactivity

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
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
Leah A FTER THREE WEEKS of the doldrums I made Ruth May get out of bed.
Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
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

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