How to Use clinical depression in a Sentence

clinical depression

noun
  • Studies point out that people with clinical depression tend to hunch more than those who don’t.
    — Thessaly La Force, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2024
  • As metaphors for clinical depression go, having a sad clown move in with your family is, uh, one of them.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Tatlock had suffered from clinical depression and her death was ruled a suicide.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 21 July 2023
  • Fetterman had checked in six weeks prior to be treated for clinical depression.
    — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Neurofeedback has also been used as a tool to treat clinical depression.
    — Audrey Noble, Allure, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Moore is quirky and a little bit edgy as the cool one of the group, whose all-black wardrobe could either be a fashion statement… or a sign of clinical depression.
    — Katie Rife, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Research has linked low myo-inositol levels in the brain to clinical depression.
    — Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The researchers checked whether the young patients had been formally diagnosed with some form of clinical depression.
    — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
  • By this time, Tatlock was being treated for clinical depression.
    — Joshua St. Clair, Men's Health, 22 July 2023
  • Harrison Ford is opening up about his past struggles with clinical depression.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Indeed, Cobain had long suffered from clinical depression, having been diagnosed with it in high school.
    — Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Murder-suicides can stem from many reasons, including extreme stress, clinical depression, loss and more.
    — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 15 Jan. 2024
  • At the time, the student was receiving treatment for clinical depression and anxiety, the lawsuit said.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 24 July 2023
  • Lifetime rates of clinical depression are significantly higher among women, with rates rising twice as fast as in men.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • That means higher risks for stroke, many types of cancer, premature death and mental illness such as clinical depression and anxiety.
    — Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 12 Feb. 2025
  • For example, people with clinical depression tend to display fewer self-serving biases than those who are not.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 14 Sep. 2024
  • About a month ago, my husband John checked into Walter Reed to seek treatment for clinical depression.
    — Gisele Barreto Fetterman, ELLE, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Some of the votes Fetterman was absent for were due to a six-week hospital stay in 2023 to treat clinical depression.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 10 May 2025
  • Also, for the first time, lifetime rates of clinical depression among Black and Hispanic adults matched or surpassed the rate among White adults.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • There is a two-way relationship between debt and clinical depression, Bryan-Podvin reports.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
  • What should trouble you even more is that research shows, prolonged exposure to workplace bullying triples the risk of developing clinical depression.
    — Jason Walker Psyd, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Fetterman was discharged in March from inpatient treatment for clinical depression.
    — Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2024
  • The 2001 Paul was in clinical depression, scored 50 on a depression inventory and was unable to leave a hotel room for days.
    — Paul Baier, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • While other lithium compounds are already used to treat bipolar disorder and clinical depression, they are given at much higher concentrations that can be toxic to some people, the researchers flag.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025
  • In our conversation, Bonanno was careful to distinguish grief from clinical depression.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • The album was highly personal, with songs addressing clinical depression, struggles with drugs and alcohol and being in an abusive relationship.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Studies in adults with clinical depression found that curcumin significantly improved symptoms.
    — Lindsay Curtis, Health, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The idea is to tap into the brain’s circuits so depressive signals and pathways don’t spiral into the debilitating emotional episodes typical of clinical depression.
    — Alice Park, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Fetterman was already struggling to adjust to Senate life when he was hospitalized in February for clinical depression.
    — Brian Flood, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The studies included in the new meta-analysis excluded people with depression at the time of enrollment and may not pertain to people already diagnosed with clinical depression.
    — Ronnie Cohen, NPR, 5 Jan. 2025

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'clinical depression.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: