How to Use depress in a Sentence

depress

verb

• We were all depressed by the loss.
• The news seemed to depress him a little.
• The doctor will depress your tongue and look at your throat.
• Depress the “shift” key on your keyboard.
• I don't mean to depress you, but there's no way we can win.
• You shouldn't let this kind of problem depress you.
• These changes could depress the economy.
• Slowly depress the car's brake pedal.
• Market conditions are likely to depress earnings in the next quarter.
• But a good user remembers not to get lost in a well of depressing statistics.
  — Brian Feldman, Bloomberg.com, 14 May 2020
• If your firing-hand thumb is not strong enough or long enough to complete this action, utilize your support-hand thumb to depress the slide release.
  — Chris Mudgett, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2020
• Confusion and delays at polling places, as occurred in Georgia on Tuesday, can depress turnout.
  — NBC News, 11 June 2020
• Prices for major agricultural commodities like corn and soybeans are down as well, which will most likely depress demand for farm equipment.
  — Neil Irwin, New York Times, 11 May 2020
• Even if demand for outdoor gear is high, no one knows for sure how the pandemic will continue to depress spending power or disrupt the supply chains that retailers rely on for products.
  — Nora Caplan-Bricker, Outside Online, 18 Aug. 2020
• While these shares have suffered from unique factors and from a higher interest rate environment, their values have been depressed in recent weeks due to the rise in government bond yields, the analysts added.
  — Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2024
• The key wasn’t to shame or depress them, but to motivate.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2022
• The fundraising market had been depressed in most sectors for much of the year.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 16 June 2023
• And to launch the machine’s self-cleaning process, just depress both buttons at the same time.
  — Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 25 Sep. 2020
• Maybe he's depressed his wife cares more about money than him.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
• She was depressed with the state of the world and trying to lose herself in nature through bird watching.
  — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 26 Apr. 2024
• The studio noted that outbreaks of the flu and a cold front across much of the country may have depressed ticket sales.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 10 Dec. 2023
• Trump’s campaign is looking for a way to draw new support -- or depress the vote for Biden.
  — Jennifer Epstein, Bloomberg.com, 21 Oct. 2020
• Few things depress me more than going to sleep in an unmade bed.
  — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022
• Retail sales in May, in part, were depressed by falling gas prices.
  — Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 18 June 2024
• There are so many non-optional things in the world to be frustrated by and depressed about.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
• That, plus the prospect of extended war in the region, will depress investment flows in the Middle East.
  — Byalan Murray and Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
• Some people who are depressed are very good at hiding it.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 2 May 2023
• Scientists have known the river’s runs have been depressed for years.
  — oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2023
• In our view, a 10 percent global tariff would act like a consumption tax that subtracts from growth and could depress business spending in the short term.
  — Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
• The increase has depressed the beleaguered housing market, as would-be buyers who'd been gunning for lower rates are backing away and waiting it out.
  — Emily Peck, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024