How to Use depressed in a Sentence

depressed

adjective
  • He was depressed about having to return to school.
  • The rainy weather had her feeling lonely and depressed.
  • The patient has a somewhat depressed appetite.
  • Prices have remained at a depressed level.
  • The new drug is being tested on a group of severely depressed patients.
  • Este is sad — Este is depressed-y.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • It's left me feeling so depressed as an artist.
    — Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
  • Perea was depressed to see the king of clean driving go rogue.
    — Lauren Smiley, Wired, 22 June 2021
  • This was not someone who was depressed.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Many felt depressed, missed their children and longed to hug a friend.
    — Lois K. Solomon, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Quite a few tell me that they are stressed, anxious and even depressed.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 23 Dec. 2020
  • High home prices, high mortgage rates, and depressed home sales.
    — Byalena Botros, Fortune, 9 May 2024
  • And very plain and simple, just depressed.
    — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
  • José, a depressed and out-of-work dancer, has lost control of his life.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Apr. 2022
  • So, even in its depressed state, the stock is up 320% since then.
    — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2026
  • An even more alarming stat has to do with teens feeling depressed.
    — John Brandon, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • The problem is that so many people look around the world and get very depressed.
    — Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 2 June 2022
  • This might be because people are a bit depressed.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
  • That he's been sleeping a lot because he's been depressed and sad.
    — Matt Gutman, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Many despaired, saying the change had left them depressed and adrift.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2023
  • Do your son and his wife know their son is depressed to the point of talking about suicide?
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 10 June 2021
  • At home, her mother seemed anxious and depressed.
    — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
  • But that's not true of the movie, which feels less like a thriller than the grim tale of a very depressed woman.
    — Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 13 May 2021
  • Why are our children overweight and depressed?
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • But working at a Taco Bell drive-thru left him lost and depressed.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
  • That’s not the act of a depressed person or a grieving person.
    — Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Feeling stressed and depressed when his playing days ended led him to more drug use.
    — John Caniglia, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2020
  • All three of us sat on our beds or on chairs Feeling much too depressed to go up or down stairs.
    — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2023
  • My advice for now would be to keep your eyes open for bargains whilst the market is depressed.
    — Mark Littler, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • People with eczema are more likely to feel anxious or depressed than those who don’t have it.
    — Lynya Floyd, SELF, 18 Oct. 2024

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