Example Sentences

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"This dispute will end only at the negotiating table. If the PM was hoping to demoralise and divide our profession with his actions, he will be disappointed."

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2023

“If the prime minister was hoping to demoralise and divide our profession with his actions, he will be disappointed,” Laurenson and Trivedi said.

From Washington Times • Jul. 26, 2023

But another of Olena's teams carries out more subversive work, designed to highlight Russian losses and demoralise Ukraine's invaders.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2022

"It ties up law enforcement services. It's easier to make a mistake when the constant tension makes everyone tired. It is to destabilise and demoralise the population."

From Reuters • Jan. 28, 2022

The speaker must make concessions to their impatience, their taste, their capacity, their prejudices, their ultimate good; he must neither bore nor perplex nor demoralise them.

From Character and Opinion in the United States by Santayana, George