How to Use demoralize in a Sentence

demoralize

verb
  • Plays like that are huge for us and demoralizing for the other team.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The only way to win the war would be to demoralize the enemy.
    — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2024
  • But in war, as in peace, words can also be used to demoralize and disorient.
    — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Some talked about food prices and the cost of living; others talked about being demoralized by war.
    — Eric Lach, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
  • But that should not allow users the free reign to criticize and demoralize.
    — Kristina Behr, Parents, 16 Jan. 2024
  • And in some ways I’ve been hurt and demoralized by religion too.
    — John Norris, Billboard, 12 Feb. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • There is nothing that demoralizes the military more than that.
    — Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 24 May 2023
  • Employees of color were demoralized to hear they were hired to fill quotas.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 20 May 2024
  • But watching most of the progress reverse is demoralizing enough to feel like failure.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026
  • But watching most of the progress reverse is demoralizing enough to feel like failure.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
  • Most teens feel like they’re not being heard when trying to get their point across to their parents, which can be demoralizing.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The wrong choice could demoralize rank-and-file cops and anger members of the City Council.
    — John Byrne, chicagotribune.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • Messi and his teammates trudged off the field into the locker room, looking as demoralized as their fans.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 29 June 2025
  • The show offered a way out of the demoralizing trap of belonging to the electorate.
    — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024
  • In town, the visits grew demoralizing and progress less and less visible.
    — Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • This is frustrating and demoralizing for the person in that role.
    — Dr. Joel M. Rothaizer, McC, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • My uncle taught me to keep some distance, and not to listen too much to the outside voices to avoid being demoralized.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • So is rousing the demoralized with the example of heroes who have prevailed.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
  • There’s so many things in the system that are set up to demoralize and dehumanize the residents.
    — Valeria Ricciulli, Curbed, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Cy-Fair will try to dictate a slow pace that demoralizes Midway's attack.
    — Adam Coleman, Houston Chronicle, 22 Dec. 2017
  • 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
  • Though my teammates were dehydrated and slightly red in the summer heat, they were not demoralized.
    — Gaby Del Valle, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The big pass plays were demoralizing to a Kansas squad trying to engineer a comeback most of the game.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
  • If history is any guide, the Russians’ crimes will fail to demoralize the Ukrainians.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The Pacers will look to take a strong 2-0 lead, while the Knicks will try to pick up the pieces from such a demoralizing loss.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025

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