demoralize

As a culture, we probably do create unreasonable, sentimental expectations around family that depress and demoralize vast numbers of people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 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

They were younger, coarser men who enforced every niggling regulation, whose job was to harass and demoralize us.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

“The use of the word ‘inmate’ further dehumanizes and demoralizes them,” he said in Ms. Hochul’s press release.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 9, 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

No part of us is more susceptible of morbidness than the moral sense; none demoralizes more thoroughly when morbid.

From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Alice Freeman Palmer

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

But when he and his coaching staff took over the U.S. team in the fall of 2024, following its disastrous performance in the Copa América, he said he inherited a demoralized, dispirited group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

McKinney called her a “bully” in a recent interview and said her behavior has demoralized her staff.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 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

And some of the university men, who were unused to such a hard life, were so demoralized by the events of the last months that they seemed ready to break down.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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 demoralizing loss sent the Lakers into a three-game tail spin one month before the playoffs.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 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

There is something demoralizing about watching two people get more and more crazy about each other, especially when you are the only extra person in the room.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath