How to Use depressing in a Sentence

depressing

adjective

• He paints a depressing picture of modern life.
• This rainy weather is depressing.
• Balancing your budget can feel depressing while the moon confronts Saturn.
  — USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
• That's almost half a year lost to a terrifying and depressing pandemic limbo.
  — Leah Abucayan, CNN, 15 Aug. 2020
• Each one is depressing, though usually not surprising given the challenges our industry faces.
  — Carley Fortune, refinery29.com, 29 July 2020
• For the bleeding-heart idealists among us, the suggestion that all college athletes need to start thinking of themselves as brands is a little depressing.
  — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 26 June 2020
• Such a discovery would certainly be bittersweet, even depressing.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 30 July 2020
• The bank’s hope no doubt is that a rising stock market will offset some of the household wealth lost to the property crisis and its depressing effect on real estate values.
  — Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
• On the highway, the car tracks your gaze and head position to make sure your eyes stay on the road the entire time—arguably more depressing and mind-numbing than regular highway driving.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2024
• Among the most depressing forecasts as the pandemic continues is that live shows and performances will not be able to resume for the rest of 2020, at least.
  — Rachel King, Fortune, 17 June 2020
• Between coronavirus and the protests against the police killing of George Floyd, the world is just too depressing and anxiety-inducing to do more than keep up with the news.
  — Meena Harris, NBC News, 4 June 2020
• Those invested long-term in both franchises, from the front office to the diehard fans, can see the depressing writing on the outfield wall: Colorado may have seen the last of minor league baseball.
  — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 14 June 2020
• It’s a depressing milestone for the storied list of the 500 largest companies operating in the global economy.
  — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2020
• One of the most depressing parts of the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo has long been where the bears are.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 17 June 2022
• To be honest, the state of the world is pretty depressing.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
• Don’t let the depressing campaign themes keep you away from the polls.
  — Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2020
• All of this may sound rather depressing for our quest to find life in the universe.
  — Caleb A. Scharf, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2020
• Botch the process slightly and you’re left with a dull, depressing dough.
  — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024
• My friend just sent me a bunch of pictures of PV Mall, and it’s so depressing.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 22 May 2021
• The Ultimates #4 is a depressing read, in the best way.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2024
• There's nothing much on TV except the Olympics, and the Olympics are kind of depressing.
  — Gail Collins New York Times, Star Tribune, 29 July 2021
• But grayters call the color depressing, dull and too safe.
  — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2021
• When describing the game to friends, I’ve been met with questions as to whether the game is depressing.
  — Todd Martensgame Critic, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2022
• His ability to stay one step ahead of the law is depressing.
  — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
• This Great Dane just read a very depressing story in The Atlantic.
  — Jake Goldwasser, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2022
• No offense to the Euphorias of the world, or the Ted Lassos, but this is depressing.
  — Wired, 16 July 2022
• The men are dopey and destructive; the women clever and thwarted, with all the good lines and the truly depressing fates.
  — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
• Why would David send such a depressing email so early in the morning?
  — John Leland, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
• Others said the depressing amount of planning is overkill for those who just hate their jobs.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2022
• But Baldwin’s video is in a class of its own, a depressing ode to the Hamptons of his youth and pre-Rust glory years.
  — Curbed, 17 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024