depressing
Example Sentences
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As they exit the workforce, their pay dips sharply, depressing the average inflation-adjusted disposable personal income.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
It wants to be wicked and outrageous but it’s really just dismal and depressing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
It is a thoroughly depressing and bleak conclusion to what is so often depicted as a time of expectation, of excitement even, and hope.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
True, but the glumness of said world is central to Hoover’s zeitgeisty appeal — a point she underlines a few beats later, Kenna insisting that the radio only ever plays depressing songs.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
Bellevue was a city hospital, huge in dimension and unbelievably depressing.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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