demoralize
Example Sentences
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Alzheimer’s, like many progressive diseases, is, by turns, heart-wrenching, demoralizing and draining.
It played out largely along partisan lines, with Democrats defending the Council’s right to govern as they see fit and Republicans maintaining that the police reform law had demoralized the police force.
From Seattle Times
Democrats “were really demoralized after the Trump victory, and suddenly we are seeing people coming to party meetings again,” she added.
From New York Times
The theft “feels like being kicked while you’re down ... it is pretty demoralizing.”
From Los Angeles Times
Indictment and prosecution on the variety of possible charges not only represent the assertion of justice, they can turn the tide against an increasingly demoralized public doubting that justice will ever include Trump.
From Salon
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