How to Use depressing in a Sentence

depressing

adjective

• He paints a depressing picture of modern life.
• This rainy weather is depressing.
• This title meant a joyful, rather than depressing, time for us.
  — Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2020
• And my way through that is being really self-deprecating — not in a depressing way, but in a way that makes humor of things.
  — Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2020
• What followed, Jumper says, was one of scariest and most depressing periods of the entire project: nothing worked.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2020
• Before the pandemic, Ford was planning to revamp its depressing campus there with modern, open-feeling buildings.
  — Tom Krisher and Michael Liedtke, chicagotribune.com, 21 Oct. 2020
• There is usually lots of nervous chatter, but on this day there was deafening silence—the atmosphere cold, isolating, and more depressing than usual.
  — Kai McGee, Marie Claire, 12 Oct. 2020
• But by mid-November, they were engaged in a depressing daily ritual: checking on the dreaded 3% number.
  — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2020
• The industry had been suffering from high supplies and low prices, and the pandemic made everything worse by hobbling the economy and depressing demand even more.
  — Dallas News, 3 Nov. 2020
• Her father had died of Covid, and being alone at home, especially amid California’s wildfires, was too depressing.
  — Erin Griffith, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2020
• One of the most depressing years in modern history will host one of the weirdest Oregon-Oregon State matchups in a series that has been played over parts of three centuries.
  — oregonlive, 25 Nov. 2020
• On a show that was usually scheduled between the depressing evening news and a night of reality and crime shows, Alex Trebek did more than teach us trivia and betting strategies.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2020
• Often depressing but always revealing, Social Studies paints a blunt yet never alarmist portrait of contemporary teen life.
  — Judy Berman, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
• One of the most depressing parts of the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo has long been where the bears are.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 17 June 2022
• To be honest, the state of the world is pretty depressing.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
• Botch the process slightly and you’re left with a dull, depressing dough.
  — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024
• My friend just sent me a bunch of pictures of PV Mall, and it’s so depressing.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 22 May 2021
• The Ultimates #4 is a depressing read, in the best way.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2024
• There's nothing much on TV except the Olympics, and the Olympics are kind of depressing.
  — Gail Collins New York Times, Star Tribune, 29 July 2021
• But grayters call the color depressing, dull and too safe.
  — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2021
• When describing the game to friends, I’ve been met with questions as to whether the game is depressing.
  — Todd Martensgame Critic, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2022
• His ability to stay one step ahead of the law is depressing.
  — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
• This Great Dane just read a very depressing story in The Atlantic.
  — Jake Goldwasser, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2022
• No offense to the Euphorias of the world, or the Ted Lassos, but this is depressing.
  — Wired, 16 July 2022
• The men are dopey and destructive; the women clever and thwarted, with all the good lines and the truly depressing fates.
  — Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
• Why would David send such a depressing email so early in the morning?
  — John Leland, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2023
• Others said the depressing amount of planning is overkill for those who just hate their jobs.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2022
• But Baldwin’s video is in a class of its own, a depressing ode to the Hamptons of his youth and pre-Rust glory years.
  — Curbed, 17 Jan. 2024
• My other challenge has been making sure that my videos aren’t the most depressing thing in the world.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 30 Mar. 2023
• The pastel pinks and greens on the disciples’ robes mark a departure from the depressing browns of art that came before him.
  — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024