depressing
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J. Henry Waugh is a middle-aged accountant who lives alone in a depressing apartment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Rebounding from dreadfully depressing injury news to knock out the NBA’s best rebounding team?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
As they exit the workforce, their pay dips sharply, depressing the average inflation-adjusted disposable personal income.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 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
A team of medical orderlies installed tan shades on each of the two windows and lowered them to douse the room in depressing shadows.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing depressing
The Dead and the Gone
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