angsty
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Possibly the movie’s intended audience of angsty young women will find much to relate to in this portrait of maladjustment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
"I really wanted to capture romantic joy and pleasure for the first time, because my last two albums were very heartbroken and really angsty," she says.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Jimenez, who says she was an angsty teen, most closely identifies with the rebellious Mira.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
In the angsty romance, he played the popular working-class boy in a secret relationship with a wealthy social misfit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
She reads all the time—in the halls, in the cafeteria— mostly novels with angsty protagonists: The Virgin Suicides, Catcher in the Rye, The Bell Jar.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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