All 3 Uses of
doldrums
in
Unbroken, by Hillenbrand
- Like the ancient mariner, Louie and Phil had found the doldrums, the eerie pause of wind and water that lingers around the equator.†
p. 166.1 *
- Joyful and grateful in the midst of slow dying, the two men bathed in that day until sunset brought it, and their time in the doldrums, to an end.†
p. 166.8
- He remembered the day when he and Phil, slowly dying on the raft, had slid into the doldrums.†
p. 374.7
Definition:
a state of listlessness or inactivity
or:
a belt of calm seas and light winds near the equator
or:
a belt of calm seas and light winds near the equator