demoralize
Example Sentences
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For this reason, according to the researchers, investors who are fans of a losing team will be more demoralized than the winning team’s fans will be exuberant.
From MarketWatch
I tried to push Russell out of my mind, but my thoughts slid about, half focused on the demoralizing drama as George fell into poverty, half drifting to my own predicament.
From Literature
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But he was dismayed by the abrupt layoffs in April that left FDA staff demoralized, he said, with some crying in the hallways.
The July cuts “demoralized” the office, according to an attorney whose position was spared in the cuts but has since left the agency.
From Barron's
The July cuts “demoralized” the office, according to an attorney whose position was spared in the cuts but has since left the agency.
From Barron's
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