How to Use depression in a Sentence

depression

noun

• The photographs show depressions in the moon's surface.
• After several years of an economic boom, it looks as though we may be heading toward a depression.
• She has been undergoing treatment for severe depression.
• Many people suffer from clinical depression for years before being diagnosed.
• So why does my depression flare up in the run-up to the summer solstice?
  — Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 15 July 2024
• That’s the worst part for me of anxiety and depression.
  — Martha Ross, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
• West Virginia, meanwhile, places last on the list with three times the share of adult depression as Hawaii—the worst in the country.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2023
• His lyrics often dealt with themes of depression, substance abuse and death.
  — Thania Garcia, Variety, 2 July 2024
• Another squashed the idea that folks in their later years are more prone to depression than younger adults and found that, in fact, the opposite was true.
  — Bykells McPhillips, Fortune Well, 8 July 2023
• And research has shown that this kind of social support can stave off depression.
  — Diane Herbst, Peoplemag, 1 May 2023
• At the end of that time, he was diagnosed with depression and memory loss.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 9 June 2023
• Tyler had struggled with addiction and depression for most of his adult life.
  — Greg Jaffe and Patrick Marley, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023
• Men’s depression, anxiety and drug overdose rates are on the rise.
  — Erica Pandey, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024
• The process, at times, has left him vacillating from tears of self-pity to intense anger and severe depression.
  — Phil McCausland, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
• Sleepless and fighting depression, Day was at the breaking point.
  — Patrick Rucker, ProPublica, 29 Apr. 2024
• Unhappiness and depression are at all-time highs among young adults, trend lines Twenge ties to the rise of smartphones and social media.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• Rates of anxiety, depression and suicide among women are on the rise in Afghanistan since the group’s return to power, according to the UN.
  — Zahid Mahmood, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
• The depression was also moving south-southeast at 7 mph.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 3 June 2023
• True, the insights gleaned from the tiny sample have not yet unraveled the mysteries of autism, schizophrenia, or depression.
  — Adam Piore — Boston Globe, STAT, 10 May 2024
• There are lots of ways that Spider can be read as a metaphor—for depression, terror, self-hatred—but this is a story with a lot of very concrete action.
  — Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
• Taboo subject The depression that afflicted Steven also held the rest of his family hostage.
  — Abraham Nudelstejer, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
• The singer-songwriter, 27, recently spoke to Byrdie and discussed how she’s dealt with depression her entire life.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
• Across the lifespan, men are much more likely than women to die by suicide, even though depression is much more common among women.
  — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
• This is sort of the perfect album for indulging in and coming out of a hot, sticky summer depression—calm, apathy, and grace all mingle here.
  — Margaret Farrell, SPIN, 12 July 2024
• Kashyap drank heavily and fell into a lengthy depression.
  — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
• There are certain triggers that may lead to summer depression for children.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 12 July 2024
• That life has not always been rosy for the actor, who suffers from bouts of severe depression and began using drugs in high school to self-medicate.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 8 May 2023
• Researchers have found that these habits put night owls at greater risk for heart problems and type 2 diabetes, as well as mental health problems like depression.
  — Sarah Wells, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2023
• Avoiding noise can lead to social isolation, which is a risk factor for depression.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
• Colorado is the second state after Oregon to legalize the model, which has shown promise in treating mental health conditions like depression and end-of-life distress.
  — Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 25 Sep 2024