How to Use depress in a Sentence

depress

verb

• We were all depressed by the loss.
• The news seemed to depress him a little.
• The doctor will depress your tongue and look at your throat.
• Depress the “shift” key on your keyboard.
• I don't mean to depress you, but there's no way we can win.
• You shouldn't let this kind of problem depress you.
• These changes could depress the economy.
• Slowly depress the car's brake pedal.
• Market conditions are likely to depress earnings in the next quarter.
• While work can form a core part of a person’s identity, worklessness can depress and embitter.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 May 2020
• The thought of coming home and not having something to watch on television really can be depressing.
  — Eric Hansen, Indianapolis Star, 12 Apr. 2020
• To many viewers, the stunt provided a welcome moment of levity in depressing times.
  — Tiffany Hsu, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2020
• The editing of older material is thrilling, but also sometimes depressing because some of it is so bad.
  — Anna Goldwater Alexander, Wired, 10 Apr. 2020
• There are few things more isolating than being depressed, and there is little that can ramp up depression more than being in isolation.
  — Elizabeth Flock, The Atlantic, 7 May 2020
• But the most terrifying aspect of being depressed during a pandemic is that my safety net has been removed.
  — Kimberly Zapata, Health.com, 22 Apr. 2020
• The dual language teacher said this moment of real life connection had a special impact on one of her students that had been depressed lately.
  — Amanda Jackson, CNN, 6 May 2020
• The sale of used cars in auctions has been important for car dealers to maintain cash liquidity even if wholesale prices are depressed, Trapp said.
  — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2020
• This can be done without depressing housing development.
  — oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2020
• An opioid overdose can depress a person’s respiratory center to the point where breathing stops, resulting in death.
  — Victoria Tutag Lehr, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2020
• And uncertainty about what aspects of the laws will continue after the election could also depress business investment.
  — Charles Sims / The Conversation, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2024
• In 1939, Thanksgiving fell on the last day of the month, and retailers worried that a late start to the Christmas-shopping season would depress sales.
  — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 26 Nov. 2024
• The key wasn’t to shame or depress them, but to motivate.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2022
• The fundraising market had been depressed in most sectors for much of the year.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 16 June 2023
• And to launch the machine’s self-cleaning process, just depress both buttons at the same time.
  — Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 25 Sep. 2020
• Maybe he's depressed his wife cares more about money than him.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
• She was depressed with the state of the world and trying to lose herself in nature through bird watching.
  — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 26 Apr. 2024
• The studio noted that outbreaks of the flu and a cold front across much of the country may have depressed ticket sales.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 10 Dec. 2023
• Trump’s campaign is looking for a way to draw new support -- or depress the vote for Biden.
  — Jennifer Epstein, Bloomberg.com, 21 Oct. 2020
• Few things depress me more than going to sleep in an unmade bed.
  — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022
• Retail sales in May, in part, were depressed by falling gas prices.
  — Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 18 June 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024