demoralize
verb (used with object)
to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of.
had been demoralizing
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past perfect progressiveof demoralize.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Inside the clinic, the director — who has a clothes hanger tattooed behind her ear — said the law had been demoralizing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2021
Somebody had been thoughtful enough to have them cleaned and pressed; from which he argued that the plunging fall on the wet asphalt had been demoralizing in more ways than one.
From The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush by Francis Lynde
