How to Use angst in a Sentence
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What’s at the heart of their angst?
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Andrew Zucker,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2026
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There’s been a bit of angst, too.
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Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
13 May 2026
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There’s a sense of angst and pining.
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Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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The fan angst didn’t subside in the spring.
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Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Before her first run, the angst crept back in.
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Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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There’s no angst like the angst on the catwalk.
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Candace Buckner,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
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Which brings us back around to the angst on the river.
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Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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Okay, maybe a little more than a little angst.
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Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
16 Jan. 2026
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There’s so much division and angst in the world.
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Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
26 Dec. 2025
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My angst is not at the three officials that were there tonight.
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Danny Davis,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Feb. 2026
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Why all the angst over proxy advisors?
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Sarah Keohane Williamson,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Maybe that’s where some of this refi angst is coming from.
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Jeff Lazerson,
Oc Register,
14 Aug. 2025
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Her lyrics are heavy on angst and heartache and her voice is commanding.
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Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
27 Nov. 2025
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But the vibe in the postgame locker room wasn’t angst, anger or regret.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
18 Jan. 2026
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And your financial angst isn’t rare.
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Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
15 Feb. 2026
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And your financial angst isn’t rare.
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Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
4 Feb. 2026
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What was the point of all that angst and self-punishment if this was all for naught?
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Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2023
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Writing this article has left me with a bit of angst.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
26 Apr. 2026
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And perhaps ease some of that Adebayo angst.
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2026
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Lots of handwringing and angst are on both sides of the matter.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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To an increase in the volume of turmoil and angst.
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Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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Fans shared plenty of angst in our recent mailbag.
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Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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After a whole lot of angst and self-exploration.
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Tina Eves,
SPIN,
23 Apr. 2026
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His ballads of rainy English angst went over big in the land of sun and surf.
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Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2026
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The hair choice was edgy and fresh, channeling that teenage angst into her look.
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Henry Chandonnet,
Peoplemag,
2 July 2023
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That may sound like the angst of a guy who’s still disgruntled at losing his job.
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Erik Wemple,
Washington Post,
27 Oct. 2022
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Just as there are times when joy and smiles should be shown to everyone, so are there times of pain and angst.
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Rabbi Avi Weiss,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Dec. 2022
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Anybody with enough angst to destroy a rug while trying to write is a writer.
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John McPhee,
The New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2023
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The source of so much holiday angst is good gift intentions gone bad.
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Michelle Singletary,
Washington Post,
20 Dec. 2023
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This didn't come easily or without angst.
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Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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The sense of pressure and angst that many young adults feel about the future is also not unique to our time.
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Alexis Redding,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2021
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All that angst, acne, and anguish brings back nothing but sadness.
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Allure,
27 Nov. 2024
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Clarkson’s rendition of the record is smoother, carrying more soul than angst in her tone.
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Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2023
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Adventure, but also angst; slugfests, but also sarcasm and soap operas.
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Stephanie Burt,
The New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2023
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Fans reflect the roller coaster that can bring both thrills and nausea, their premature gloating or wailing and angst all over social media.
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Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
9 May 2024
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Just pressure and angst from listening to a lifetime of moralization and pontification and hypocrisy.
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Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
18 Mar. 2025
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One societal change today that’s leading to angst among workers is the rising use of artificial intelligence.
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Byjohn Kell,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 2024
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Studies of personality change show that low ES people most want to reduce their propensity to angst, over-think and worry.
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Dave Winsborough,
Forbes,
2 Dec. 2024
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Progressives and all people of goodwill must channel their despair and angst into organizing and peaceful political action and protest.
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Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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Paul said any effort to avoid a vote could cause further disarray in the House Republican Conference due to angst over changing the House rules.
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Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Scott, playing a gay screenwriter entering early middle age, channels angst in a tenor that will resonate with anyone who has ever confronted the fear of dying alone.
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Vox Staff,
Vox,
23 Dec. 2024
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The two-time Oscar winner calibrates Sharon’s spirited perseverance, as well as her susceptibility to angst and sorrow.
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Courtney Howard,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2024
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David Dee Delgado | Reuters Mixed signals lately from the labor market are adding to angst for investors already on a knife’s edge over the potential threat that tariffs pose to inflation and economic growth.
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Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
6 Mar. 2025
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Should leaders decide to prioritize perception management as a salve for follower angst rather than integrity, consistency, trust, and accountability, organizations will eventually suffer.
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Nate Bennett,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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