depressing
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"It's depressing… we've been in war for two and a half years and this just feels like another round," she sighs.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
As they exit the workforce, their pay dips sharply, depressing the average inflation-adjusted disposable personal income.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
Seibert, who learned to code at age 12, said he’s found the transition depressing at times because a skill he’s spent his life perfecting is “just gone. It’s not needed anymore.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 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
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
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