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It also would all but destroy Detroit’s immediate chances, demoralize the clubhouse and likely alienate a fan base desperate to see the Tigers win their first title since 1984.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025

But the obvious goal is to demoralize federal workers across the board.

From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2025

Others, however, have said that such messaging may have no impact on behavior, or worse, that it may depress and demoralize the public into inaction.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2024

Dancers and their supporters accuse Star Garden management of pricing drinks and cover fees in bad faith in an effort to deter customers, demoralize dancers and weaken resolve in contract negotiations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2023

“I’m panicked. I just look like this to demoralize the competition.”

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

In a world that often demoralizes rural Americans, and Appalachians in particular, it is imperative that we understand the value of our experience.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2025

“It demoralizes the workforce ... you got substandard classes,” you said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2022

“He’s a competitive guy when he puts the skates on. And I think it demoralizes the other team a little bit. They’re trying to play him hard.”

From Washington Times ● Jan. 10, 2022

When the Vancouver Canucks go 17 minutes without a shot and then score on their first chance, that demoralizes a team.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2021

From the same rough piece of marble, one man calls out an angel of beauty which delights every beholder, another a hideous monster which demoralizes every one who sees it.

From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

He said that while Walker was despondent about the change in their finances, his sister hadn’t seemed too demoralized.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Instead, Ted’s emphasis on personal growth and camaraderie rebuilds the Greyhounds from their league’s demoralized joke into its comeback kings, powered by their yearning to Believe.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2026

Smith quit the ASA around the same time, demoralized by what he saw as a lack of self-awareness among his colleagues, whose work focused on the world’s wrongs while failing to recognize their own.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Churchill wrote “My Early Life” for a generation demoralized by World War I and determined to break with its past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 2026

With my death, he predicts a turning of the tide in the war, since the demoralized rebels have no one left to follow.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

They seized the football, spun their wheels and corkscrewed even deeper into the NFL basement with a demoralizing 24-16 defeat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

It’s unheard of, an abuse of power, and demoralizing to make senior leadership submit to testing en masse.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Even when I know I’m delivering at a high level, being asked for constant updates on my progress can feel demoralizing.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

The findings about the bat bridges were demoralizing for Altringham, who during his career appeared at several public inquiries into the impact of road-building projects on bats.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026

These moments could be demoralizing, even if I’m sure I was just imagining some of it.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama