Example Sentences

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It has demoralized the company’s work force and made it harder for Facebook to attract and retain talented employees.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2021

They say the working group’s report has demoralized staff, worried patients, and “demonized” the center’s leadership.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 3, 2016

The outbreak of new Ebola cases in Liberia has demoralized the country’s already spent, thinly staffed health ministry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2015

More broadly, critics fault Deasy for a leadership style they say has demoralized teachers and other employees.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2014

Ask them if it has demoralized their homes or the homes of their fellow-citizens, and your fears, if you have any, will be forever set at rest....

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted