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.
• 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
• The shooter then depresses the trigger and holds it down.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 31 Jan. 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
• Since then, the collapse in oil demand due to lockdowns to stop the spread of the coronavirus has depressed prices even more.
  — Brian Wingfield, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2020
• There are so many non-optional things in the world to be frustrated by and depressed about.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
• That, plus the prospect of extended war in the region, will depress investment flows in the Middle East.
  — Byalan Murray and Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
• Some people who are depressed are very good at hiding it.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 2 May 2023
• Scientists have known the river’s runs have been depressed for years.
  — oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2023
• Celebrate the former, and don’t let the latter depress you.
  — Amby Burfoot, Outside Online, 29 Feb. 2020
• With coronavirus waves, heat waves, protest waves and smoke waves, the Bay Area summer had enough to depress people of all ages.
  — Dave Murphy, SFChronicle.com, 3 Oct. 2020
• Sales of vehicles are likely to be depressed through April, Fitch said.
  — CBS News, 17 Feb. 2020
• The war in Gaza has depressed enthusiasm among Democrats, too.
  — Nicholas Nehamas, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024
• Smith’s mother grew up in gloomy circumstances, depressed by death and illness.
  — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
• When the local radio station changed formats — from rock to country — both Hughes brothers were depressed.
  — Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Jan 2025