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The Estonian had 15 winners in the second set alone, which might have demoralized Williams, along with the fact that a slugfest of a match was passing the two-hour mark.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2022

Simpson's score might have demoralized a lesser team, but Ohio's Sophomore Quarterback Rex Kern simply huddled with the Buckeyes and told them, "I guess we'd better get rolling and quit messing around."

From Time Magazine Archive

Price-cutting, price-shading, concessions to favored customers, indirect rebates have demoralized the trade.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the Allies, the bombings have accomplished great material damage, and they have demoralized northern Italy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Had an army preparing for a campaign been recruited in such a way, its friends would have demoralized and defeated it before an enemy had been met.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)