depress
Example Sentences
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Both figures were depressed by last fall’s federal government shutdown, an effect expected to reverse in the current quarter.
Additionally, increased regulatory enforcement, including of the English language proficiency requirement, is tightening capacity, while years of elevated inflation and depressed rates have also pushed carriers out.
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
Still, Goldman warns that oil prices would exceed the 2008 peak of about $148 a barrel if flows through the Strait were to remain depressed through March.
From MarketWatch
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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
