Example Sentences

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But by the time the house was finished 28 months later, the housing crisis had depressed the market considerably.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2016

Such fishermen are members of the "unoiled fisheries" classes and are entitled to shares of spill funds, based on a finding that fears of oil tainting had depressed Alaska salmon prices in general, Sarko said.

From Reuters • Oct. 3, 2012

Aviva added that those concerns had depressed the share price of Vedanta, which mines predominantly in India, Zambia and Australia.

From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2012

An unusually mild winter had depressed sales of cold weather items during the holiday season.

From Time • Mar. 13, 2012

Maybe that was what had depressed Tam Lin.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer