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

Bonjean also challenged Shapiro over her testimony that she knew the pill Cosby gave her was not a Quaalude, a depressant popular in the 1970s, because of the coding etched on it.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2022

Still, while many factors encouraged merger activity, one phenomenon that once drove deals — activist investors — became something of a depressant.

From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2014

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

Chloroform should not be used for esophagoscopy or gastroscopy because of its depressant action on the respiratory center.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier