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By the early 2000s, though, the Crowes’ songwriting had gotten pretty wobbly; what’s more, the Robinsons’ constant squabbling had demoralized the rest of the band.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2021

By summer 2005, waves of cronyism, privatization, and securitzation had demoralized FEMA’s once-proud staffers, who resigned in droves.

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2016

Cut-throat prices, rebates, allowances to favorite customers had demoralized the refiners' business.

From Time Magazine Archive

Walter Millis wrote in the New York Herald Tribune that the McCarthy investigation had demoralized the Fort Monmouth scientists to a "truly scandalous" extent.

From Time Magazine Archive

The wild flight of one part of the army had demoralized the other.

From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by J?kai, M?r