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

Bonjean also challenged Shapiro over her testimony that she knew the pill Cosby gave her was not a Quaalude, a depressant popular in the 1970s, because of the coding etched on it.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2022

He said he had been given a diagnosis as “manic depressant and bipolar,” which caused him to lie about the brain cancer.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2019

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

The flavor is due largely to the volatile aromatic constituents, "caffeol," which, when isolated, have a general depressant action on the system; and the stimulation is caused by the caffein.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)