How to use depressing in a sentence

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• The truth turned out to be more depressing than we thought.From the entry turn out
• Going back to the nine to five after the weekend can be depressing.From the entry nine to five
• Seaside resorts in the off-season are really depressing.From the entry off-season
• The related genre “utsuge” (“depressing game”), unlike “nakige”, does not typically achieve a happy ending.2019, Ema Bícová, "Visual Novel and Its Translation", thesis submitted to Palacký University Olomouc, pages 12-13. From the entry utsuge
• I liked that there was no bright light but the perpetual clouds and drizzle were depressing.2010 March 15, Paul Y. Csige, The Symphony of Leif, CsiMec Incorporated, page 127. From the entry luck dragon
• Nothing is more depressing than a fielding side giving away overthrows from bad throwing and backing-up.1999, Ashok Kumar, “Fielding”, in Cricket (DPH Sports Series), New Delhi: Discovery Publishing House, published 2006, →ISBN, page 49. From the entry overthrow
• He kept talking smack, his story getting more and more depressing with each lie.1992, Ricardo Cortez Cruz, Straight Outta Compton: A Dive Into Living Large, a Work Where Characters ..., page 10. From the entry talk smack
• By Parfitian survival, Parfitian death may may not seem so depressing.1989, Thomas Nagel, The View from Nowhere (224). From the entry Parfitian survival
• He found Moscow grey and depressing, but old Leningrad still charming, despite its disrepair.1985, The American Bulletin, numbers 333–361, Cicero, Ill.: Czechoslovak National Council of America, →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry refusnik
• It would have been a depressing place on a wet evening.1953, C. S. Lewis, chapter 5, in The Silver Chair, New York: Scholastic, published 1987, pages 57–58. From the entry loneliness
• There are other much more effective and less depressing diffusable stimulants.1900, Martha M. Allen, Alcohol= A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why. From the entry diffusable
• You get the most depressing, down thoughts.2007 June 3, Michael Leahy, “Driven to Extremes”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry fit to be tied
• "This rain is mondo depressing," Sam sighed as she stared out the sliding glass doors that led to the Hewitts' deck.1992, Cherie Bennett, Sunset Paradise, Berkley, published 1992, →ISBN, page 1. From the entry mondo
• Equitable bills its exhibit as “the exciting story of the population explosion,” but I find the growth of population depressing.1964, International Science and Technology, issues 25–36, International Communications, page 83, column 2. From the entry equanimitable
• Utsuge, on the other hand, stands for pretty much the opposite of nakige, aiming to be as depressing an experience as possible.2019, Robert Ciesla, Game Development with Ren'Py: Introduction to Visual Novel Games Using Ren'Py, TyranoBuilder, and Twine, page 90. From the entry nakige
• Christianity has No Stamina and sovereignty compared to other modern religions, buddhism islam etc, give me anything but this depressing cuck religion.2017 December 26, anonymous author, 4chan, /int/. From the entry larper
• Their baby's heart could be repaired however and I thought it was depressing to talk to the mother of the other child.2014, Tedi Tuttle Wixom, A Whisper of Spring time: Jason’s Heart Transplant Miracle. From the entry heart baby
• “Homer’s Triple Bypass” has the potential to be the most depressing episode in the history of The Simpsons, if not television as whole.2012 June 17, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Homer’s Triple Bypass” (season 4, episode 11; originally aired…. From the entry fatherless
• For many, ’ardkore was a depressing manifestation of rave culture's nihilistic escapism, scantily garbed in the gladrags of a vague and poorly grounded idealism.1998, Simon Reynolds, Energy Flash, Soft Skull Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 132. From the entry gladrags
• It is in this sense that television, the great reducer, the great squasher of high hearts and innocence, is a depressing cultural voice.1996, T William Boxx, Gary M Quinlivan, Culture in crisis and the renewal of civil life. From the entry squasher
• I actually find Parfit's picture of survival depressing, but that of course is by comparison with what I take survival to be.1989, Thomas Nagel, The View from Nowhere (224). From the entry Parfitian survival
• It all looked depressing and dingy.1968, Lady Cynthia Asquith, Diaries 1915-1918. From the entry illish
• It was certainly a depressing place, with a huge, gambrel roof which came down over the upper windows and nearly obscured them.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)…. From the entry gambrel roof
• As moldy drywall thudded to the curb in a depressing drumbeat throughout Breezy Point, Queens, Thomas Ryan’s reciprocating saw stood out like a growling declaration of impatience.2012 December 21, David M. Halbfinger, Charles V. Bagli, Sarah Maslin Nir, “On Ravaged Coastline, It’s Rebuild Deliberately vs. Rebuild…. From the entry drywall
• Carla thought powerwalking was stupid, she'd told Liz it looked like a car stuck in first gear, as well as being a depressing admission of middle age.2008, Gregory Day, Ron McCoy's Sea of Diamonds, →ISBN. From the entry powerwalking
• The return bus trip is sometimes a rather depressing experience when a few soldiers imbibed too freely and overboisterously vent their spirits in lusty voices and loosely controlled movements.2005, David Rothbart, A Soldier's Journal: With the 22nd Infantry Regiment in World War II, →ISBN. From the entry overboisterously
• These small and indeed insignificant things only began to become significant for me after the whole Vienna period which was at the same time inspiriting and depressing.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 220. From the entry inspiriting
• For the first ten years of nationalisation a further note of overall gloom was added by the depressing policy of unimaginative Regional colour schemes, indifferently applied.1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 251. From the entry note
• In the first place, a prolonged struggle in the North Temperate Zone, with a harsh, though not a depressing, natural environment, endows the Teuton with unusual energy and initiative.1901, Edward Alsworth Ross, Social Control: A Survey of the Foundations of Order, published 2009, page 16. From the entry Teuton
• Indeed, one depressing thing about gastropubs is the lack of imagination in the sector; the way, as concepts, they invariably conform to a formulaic kind of low-key, small-g urban gentrification.2008 July 3, Tony Naylor, “What makes a great gastropub?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry gastropub
• Each of their roles is so loaded with slickery, inconsistency and lowbrow intellectualisms, along with slapstick gaggery on which one can but gag, that the waste of talent is depressing.1972, New York Magazine, volume 5, number 23, page 61. From the entry gaggery

Meaning of depressing

1. adjective Causing depression or sadness.
2. adjective Causing a reduction in economic activity.

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Questions about depressing in a sentence

How do you use depressing in a sentence?

Depressing is used as an adjective. For example: “The television news was depressing, so rather than start crying I turned it off.”

What is a short sentence with depressing?

“It all looked depressing and dingy.”

What does depressing mean?

Depressing means causing depression or sadness.