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How to use depress in a sentence

12 example sentences · verb

Depress means to press down. Example: “Depress the upper lever to start the machine.”

Examples of depress by meaning

verbTo press down.

  • Depress the upper lever to start the machine.

verbTo make depressed, sad or bored.

  • Winter depresses me.

verbTo cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.

  • Lower productivity will eventually depress wages.

More sentences with depress

  • The glass case approach depresses me, makes books into porcelain, guts them of what they are.2013, Jeanette Winterson, Art Objects: Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery. From the entry museum
  • Do not depress Engine Start button for more than 15 seconds with two minute intervals between crankings.1983, Operator's Manual: Truck Tractor, Line Haul, 50,000 GVWR, 6 x 4, M915. From the entry cranking
  • Throughout, I stabilized myself with lots of examsmanship, in order to depress my fellow-candidates.1973, Martin Amis, The Rachel Papers, page 185. From the entry examsmanship
  • There is no good, objective, medical word for what I did next: I didn't depress the needle or plunge it down.2021, Ben Timberlake, High Risk. From the entry jack up
  • Having outlined the pattern on the surface, the chaser cuts and at the same time slightly depresses the surface.1972, Richard Came, Silver, page 7. From the entry chaser
  • After the ejected case has cleared the loading tray, the spade man depresses the spade release lever to drop the spade.1944, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel. Training Division, Naval Ordnance and Gunnery, page 136. From the entry spade man
  • But that only depresses me more!2001 December 9, Destiny in the Dark [username], “Re: Trying to get defunky”, in alt.depressed.as.fuck (Usenet). From the entry defunkify
  • But snow had now begun to fall out of a forbiddingly slaty-grey sky, and this seemed to depress both engine and crew.1949 May and June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 192. From the entry slaty
  • The most frequently and clearly described action of adenosine is its ability to depress the evoked release of transmitters from many different types of neuron, central and peripherial.2012, Victor P. Whittaker, The Cholinergic Synapse, page 483. From the entry peripherial

Meaning of depress

  1. verb To press down.
  2. verb To make depressed, sad or bored.
  3. verb To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.

Full definition of depress

Questions about depress in a sentence

How do you use depress in a sentence?
Depress is used as a verb. For example: “Depress the upper lever to start the machine.”
What is a short sentence with depress?
“Winter depresses me.”
What does depress mean?
Depress means to press down.

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