depressant

Example Sentences

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Economists have long pointed to the country’s years-long property slump as a major depressant of consumer sentiment, as real-estate makes up a significant portion of household balance sheets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

I have some doubts about that being the primary depressant, considering that the second, third and fourth most morose metros on the list are all in the Sun Belt: Riverside-San Bernardino, Phoenix and Miami.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2023

Still, while many factors encouraged merger activity, one phenomenon that once drove deals — activist investors — became something of a depressant.

From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2014

Dramatic reconstruction – also used in Antonia Bird's Hamburg Cell, a film about the hijackers themselves – served a purpose, but it could also be a gruelling depressant.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2010

It is not a stimulant in the proper acceptation of the term; on the contrary it is a depressant.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir