How to Use depression in a Sentence

depression

noun

• The photographs show depressions in the moon's surface.
• After several years of an economic boom, it looks as though we may be heading toward a depression.
• She has been undergoing treatment for severe depression.
• Many people suffer from clinical depression for years before being diagnosed.
• Less fear and a saner point of view are the big step out of the depression.
  — Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2024
• The 1890s brought us the worst stock market crash and one of the deepest depressions up to that point.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
• The biome in your gut may be tied to your depression, a new study suggests.
  — Joe Wituschek, BGR, 8 Dec. 2022
• So why does my depression flare up in the run-up to the summer solstice?
  — Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 15 July 2024
• That’s the worst part for me of anxiety and depression.
  — Martha Ross, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
• The Serpent is the darkness, the depression, the struggling with drug use that still comes through in the music.
  — SPIN, 26 Jan. 2023
• West Virginia, meanwhile, places last on the list with three times the share of adult depression as Hawaii—the worst in the country.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2023
• If water retention is present, the area will pit or show a depression in the skin.
  — Laura Schober, Health, 2 Oct. 2024
• As a teenager, my dad fell into a depression that would chase him his whole life.
  — Rosalie Metro, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
• His lyrics often dealt with themes of depression, substance abuse and death.
  — Thania Garcia, Variety, 2 July 2024
• Sinkholes are depressions in the ground caused by the sudden collapse of the surface layer.
  — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
• But then a switch would flip and she would get hit with depression and soon after, isolation.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2022
• These are some of the most generic and common afflictions, all signs of stress, depression, and poor diet—just to name a few.
  — Rachael Schultz, Men's Health, 1 Feb. 2023
• Another squashed the idea that folks in their later years are more prone to depression than younger adults and found that, in fact, the opposite was true.
  — Bykells McPhillips, Fortune Well, 8 July 2023
• While the 25 mg group showed some remission from depression at three weeks, the results were not sustained at 12 weeks.
  — CBS News, 3 Nov. 2022
• And research has shown that this kind of social support can stave off depression.
  — Diane Herbst, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
• At the end of that time, he was diagnosed with depression and memory loss.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 9 June 2023
• Tyler had struggled with addiction and depression for most of his adult life.
  — Greg Jaffe and Patrick Marley, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023
• Men’s depression, anxiety and drug overdose rates are on the rise.
  — Erica Pandey, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024
• How can the brain be stimulated to curb depression, pain, or the effects of Parkinson’s?
  — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
• The process, at times, has left him vacillating from tears of self-pity to intense anger and severe depression.
  — Phil McCausland, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
• The female then builds the nest, scraping out a shallow hollow on the bare ground and shaping it by pressing her body into the depression.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2022
• So, ward off the extra pounds and depression by putting on your favorite comedy flick tonight.
  — Men's Health, 18 Jan. 2023
• Soon into the movie, Twohey is shown dealing with postpartum depression after the birth of her first child.
  — Natalia Winkelman, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
• Long sleepers are often forced to get up early to go to school or work, which can result in sleep deprivation and may contribute to depression and other illnesses.
  — Marla Broadfoot, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
• The Mediterranean diet has been found to have health benefits, such as reducing the risk of conditions like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, and depression.
  — Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 1 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 17 Jan 2025