depressing
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Merely a gray leather couch, of a depressing aspect that almost announces a withdrawal from life and surrender to the numbing effects of long days and nights of television.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
“It was kind of a depressing place. It wasn’t the beautiful place that it was before. It just needed flowers and life in it again,” he said.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
Even more depressing was the fact that this situation was not unique to Britain, or to bats.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
Rebounding from dreadfully depressing injury news to knock out the NBA’s best rebounding team?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
It was depressing to hear, but the truth finally came out about him.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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