Example Sentences

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Berkshire Hathaway is buying at a time when 6% mortgage rates are depressing housing activity and shares in the sector.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Lynn Perry, chief executive of children's charity Barnardo's, says the findings are depressing but not surprising.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2024

These are depressing subjects to contemplate, but few are more relevant — and by discussing them, we at least make it theoretically possible to solve the underlying problems.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2023

“It’s easy to say they are depressing or bleak, but it’s not about that,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2023

It is still very mild and damp, rather dismal weather, and the streets are depressing, everyone in black—the mourning is very general, not at all confined to the fashionable world.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King