A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away. Votes: 2
Laziness has many disguises. Soon "winter doldrums" will become "spring fever." Votes: 2
Manchester City have been in the doldrums for a while, they came up and went straight back down again. Votes: 2
Chess will always be in the doldrums as a spectator sport while a draw is given equal mathematical value as a decisive result. Votes: 2
If an economy in the doldrums could drift indefinitely, the price of government inaction might be graver by far than the consequences of bold unorthodoxy. Votes: 2
February is always a bad month for TV sports. Football is gone, basketball is plodding along in the annual midseason doldrums, and baseball is not even mentioned. Votes: 2
If I were flying, I would travel to a perfect place. A place with frosted cakes and beautiful flowers and excellent trees to climb and absolutely no doldrums. Votes: 2
As a matter of policy, increasing taxes on the most economically productive group, which already generates 60 percent of the nation's federal revenues, during a sustained period of economic doldrums is a wretched idea. Votes: 2
It seems not to matter that we are at the brink of a war that may spread beyond Afghanistan and Iraq to Iran and Georgia and then where? To Syria? To North Korea? To China? That we in America are in economic doldrums and are seeing small businesses fold and houses reclaimed by banks and a smouldering panic that is palpable everywhere. Votes: 2
Such beauty, he thought, was too perfect to have come about by mere chance. That day in the center of the Pacific was, to him, a gift crafted deliberately, compassionately, for him and Phil. Joyful and grateful in the midst of slow dying, the two men bathed in that day until sunset brought is, and their time in the doldrums, to an end. Votes: 2
I was in the doldrums for a while after my athletics career ended in 1992. I spent six to eight hours a day training, for 18 years, and it took a long time to get over the regret that I wasn't competing in major championships any more. All I ever wanted to be was the best. But I find new projects and I keep things in perspective. Votes: 2
I don't know anybody who walks through life all the time in the doldrums, constantly serious and morose. But that's become what we generalize as drama. Votes: 0
Music was a balm for any weary soul. It could either lift a person out of the doldrums or comfort him if there was no other solace to be had. Votes: 0