demoralize
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As a culture, we probably do create unreasonable, sentimental expectations around family that depress and demoralize vast numbers of people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
But the obvious goal is to demoralize federal workers across the board.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2025
Dancers accused Star Garden management of introducing arbitrary rules and implementing high drink prices and cover fees in bad faith in an effort to deter customers, demoralize dancers and weaken resolve in contract negotiations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
Others, however, have said that such messaging may have no impact on behavior, or worse, that it may depress and demoralize the public into inaction.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2024
“I didn’t want to demoralize you too early in the game.”
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
In a world that often demoralizes rural Americans, and Appalachians in particular, it is imperative that we understand the value of our experience.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2025
“It demoralizes the workforce ... you got substandard classes,” you said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
“He’s a competitive guy when he puts the skates on. And I think it demoralizes the other team a little bit. They’re trying to play him hard.”
From Washington Times ● Jan. 10, 2022
“It almost demoralizes you playing against that because it’s hard to get a clean look.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 2019
Honesty is our normal expression, and any departure from it demoralizes and taints the whole character.
From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
It’s possible those demoralized job seekers are pushing the participation rate lower, said Martin of Oxford Economics.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Instead, Ted’s emphasis on personal growth and camaraderie rebuilds the Greyhounds from their league’s demoralized joke into its comeback kings, powered by their yearning to Believe.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026
I was scrolling through Instagram the other day, confronted by ageless celebrity after ageless celebrity, feeling demoralized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
It’s a tall task given the agency’s demoralized condition.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 8, 2026
That evening, feeling demoralized and a bit angry, I had a conversation with Benjamin Pogrund of the Rand Daily Mail in which I suggested that the days of nonviolent struggle were over.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
The findings about the bat bridges were demoralizing for Altringham, who during his career appeared at several public inquiries into the impact of road-building projects on bats.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026
Inside the Justice Department, the resolution was demoralizing: “He’s admitted he owes money, and we get money, but everything else about it stinks to high heaven,” said a current DOJ official familiar with the case.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026
Interviewing is such a demoralizing process, especially when you get those sort of rug-pull questions.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 16, 2026
We are deskilling and dumbing down on a demoralizing diet of digital slop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
The whole experience was unsettling and completely demoralizing.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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