How to Use depressed in a Sentence
depressed
adjective- He was depressed about having to return to school.
- The rainy weather had her feeling lonely and depressed.
- The patient has a somewhat depressed appetite.
- Prices have remained at a depressed level.
- The new drug is being tested on a group of severely depressed patients.
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José, a depressed and out-of-work dancer, has lost control of his life.
— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Apr. 2022 -
But for up to a third of depressed patients, antidepressants fail to work at all.
— Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024 -
That source will be consumer spending on goods, which is facing a perfect storm for depressed spending.
— Gad Levanon For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 25 Apr. 2022 -
The gadget is designed to dispense hot glue when plugged into an outlet, and the trigger is depressed.
— Chris Smith, BGR, 18 Apr. 2022 -
The treatments left him feeling depressed and suicidal.
— Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 22 Apr. 2022 -
My granddad’s dad ran a petrol station after World War ll and was depressed, was suicidal.
— Maria Sherman, SPIN, 2 May 2022 -
Chad went off to direct second unit for a Sacha Baron Cohen movie, and Dave was deeply depressed.
— Simon Bland, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2024 -
Claudia Papp is sharing how her pooch Chapo went from a depressed dog to a delighted dad thanks to a group of curious foster kittens.
— Kelli Bender, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024 -
Bock says an employee’s performance can stay depressed for two job rotations after an experience with a poor manager.
— Francesca Donner, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2022 -
According to Orloff, most people on the receiving end of trauma dumping will feel anxious, stressed, helpless and even depressed after the conversation.
— David Oliver, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024 -
In the show, Sorokin is seen drinking and depressed, and begs Williams not to leave.
— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024 -
The problem is that so many people look around the world and get very depressed.
— Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 2 June 2022 -
But working at a Taco Bell drive-thru left him lost and depressed.
— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024 -
The edges will be matte and the pancake should spring back when lightly depressed in the center.
— Anita L. Arambula, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2023 -
High home prices, high mortgage rates, and depressed home sales.
— Byalena Botros, Fortune, 9 May 2024 -
Many despaired, saying the change had left them depressed and adrift.
— Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2023 -
All three of us sat on our beds or on chairs Feeling much too depressed to go up or down stairs.
— Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2023 -
One study found that depressed dads may be less likely to read to their 1-year-old and more likely to spank them.
— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2024 -
My advice for now would be to keep your eyes open for bargains whilst the market is depressed.
— Mark Littler, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024 -
Homeowners can try to make a rain garden, a depressed area in a lawn that can be dug out and filled with plants.
— Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022 -
There was this sort of really dower, quite, sort of depressed mood in the building at that time.
— CBS News, 10 July 2022 -
Stuck on the base with little to do and no clear timeline for leaving, many of the women became depressed.
— Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2022 -
Some people who are depressed are very good at hiding it.
— Gregory Scott Brown, Men's Health, 16 Dec. 2022 -
Smiles crack easy for him, softening a face that was once famous as the leathery, tight-as-a-fist mug of the depressed and dour Max Payne.
— Gene Park, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023 -
That fraction is now closer to three in ten, but that's still a lot of depressed, anxious people.
— Josh Fischman, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2023
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