How to Use demoralize in a Sentence

demoralize

verb

• The only way to win the war would be to demoralize the enemy.
  — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024
• During the first run, Combs subjected contestants to outlandish, demoralizing tasks that had nothing to do with making music.
  — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
• The wrong choice could demoralize rank-and-file cops and anger members of the City Council.
  — John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2019
• Plays like that are huge for us and demoralizing for the other team.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2024
• Things are at white heat in all that part of the country and the citizens are almost demoralized.
  — Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 15 May 2024
• The show offered a way out of the demoralizing trap of belonging to the electorate.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
• And the Huskies did it in vintage UConn style, behind an early run to demoralize the opponent and put the game out of reach.
  — Alexa Philippou, courant.com, 8 Mar. 2021
• And in some ways I’ve been hurt and demoralized by religion too.
  — John Norris, Billboard, 12 Feb. 2018
• Kauffmann gave way to sophomore righty Jeff Criswell, who made easy work of the demoralized Red Raiders in the final three innings.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2019
• But that should not allow users the free reign to criticize and demoralize.
  — Kristina Behr, Parents, 16 Jan. 2024
• But in war, as in peace, words can also be used to demoralize and disorient.
  — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
• Losing games because of free throw shooting is one of the more demoralizing ways to go down.
  — Zion Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Jan. 2024
• Thomas couldn’t hang onto the catch, and the Raiders walked away with a 31-24 victory that demoralized a fan base and left the Lions at a crossroads in their season.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 7 Nov. 2019
• Wes is frustrated and demoralized, even more so because no one else at the court seems to think there’s a problem with how things are done there.
  — ProPublica, 22 Nov. 2023
• The timing of Hogan’s decision could not have been more demoralizing for a city struggling to come out of the smoke of the April uprising.
  — Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2024
• Her second came right before the first-quarter buzzer to demoralize South Carolina and give the Huskies a 30-12 lead.
  — Lori Riley, courant.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• This is a man who demoralized Floyd Patterson with a first round knockout in 1962.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 18 Feb. 2020
• The goal is to knock out power and heat during the winter months, demoralizing the populace.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2023
• The Democratic base gets energized, and Trump’s base gets demoralized and stays home in the next couple of elections.
  — T.a. Frank, The Hive, 27 Apr. 2017
• The lack of leadership at city hall has allowed this movement to grow and demoralize our workforce.
  — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 2 Jan. 2014
• There’s so many things in the system that are set up to demoralize and dehumanize the residents.
  — Valeria Ricciulli, Curbed, 22 Apr. 2021
• The Bengals were left stunned, demoralized and outmanned.
  — Paul Dehner Jr., Cincinnati.com, 17 Dec. 2017
• Cy-Fair will try to dictate a slow pace that demoralizes Midway's attack.
  — Adam Coleman, Houston Chronicle, 22 Dec. 2017
• In town, the visits grew demoralizing and progress less and less visible.
  — Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2024
• Nothing demoralizes a clubhouse like a bullpen on fire.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 12 July 2023
• Employees of color were demoralized to hear they were hired to fill quotas.
  — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 20 May 2024
• There is nothing that demoralizes the military more than that.
  — Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 24 May 2023
• The strategy seemed intended to demoralize Ukrainian civilians and erode the will to fight.
  — Arkansas Online, 12 Jan. 2023
• And Reggie's got an idea of how to handle this latest ruffle in their plans to completely demoralize Riverdale.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2021
• Don't mislead and try to demoralize our people and our troops with such crazy messages like yesterday.
  — Amy Kellogg, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024