depressant
Example Sentences
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Economists have long pointed to the country’s years-long property slump as a major depressant of consumer sentiment, as real-estate makes up a significant portion of household balance sheets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
I have some doubts about that being the primary depressant, considering that the second, third and fourth most morose metros on the list are all in the Sun Belt: Riverside-San Bernardino, Phoenix and Miami.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
He said he had been given a diagnosis as “manic depressant and bipolar,” which caused him to lie about the brain cancer.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2019
Dramatic reconstruction – also used in Antonia Bird's Hamburg Cell, a film about the hijackers themselves – served a purpose, but it could also be a gruelling depressant.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2010
With our better understanding of magnesium absorption and the depressant effect of magnesium on the nervous system, magnesium salts should not be used in serious conditions.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
