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.
  • José said that the song depressed him.
    — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Don’t be depressed, the song tells us.
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
  • And that will likely depress bond prices even more.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 20 May 2026
  • So why isn’t any of this depressing him?
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Have you ever been depressed at karaoke?
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Few things depress me more than going to sleep in an unmade bed.
    — New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022
  • That has helped depress shares about 35 percent so far this year.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
  • Some thoughts gave courage to keep going while others depressed me.
    — Bill Shaber, Outdoor Life, 22 Oct. 2025
  • As with any organ, the longer a key is depressed, the longer the passage plays.
    — Charles Desmarais, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 May 2018
  • The fundraising market had been depressed in most sectors for much of the year.
    — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 16 June 2023
  • Even the most joyful sculpture can be depressed by a downpour.
    — Lori Waxman, chicagotribune.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Retail sales in May, in part, were depressed by falling gas prices.
    — Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 18 June 2024
  • Isn’t the world depressing enough right now without having to see that?
    — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Heavy ice sheets once depressed the land down into the mantle, like the seat cushions of a couch.
    — Sara Sneath, NOLA.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Scientists have known the river’s runs have been depressed for years.
    — oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The milk market has been depressed for about three years, and farmers have struggled to break even.
    — Washington Post, 4 June 2018
  • At risk of depressing you, nothing.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
  • And to launch the machine’s self-cleaning process, just depress both buttons at the same time.
    — Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Oop, depressing parental-lore reveal time.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2025
  • So the idea of even asking about being depressed might get lost in translation.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle, 21 Apr. 2018
  • There are so many non-optional things in the world to be frustrated by and depressed about.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024

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