- present participle of depress.
depressing
Example Sentences
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Job losses and falling purchasing power have added to industry's woes by depressing consumer spending.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The latest worldwide testing results are just as depressing as the ones conducted only in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
One resident described the situation in Coedpoeth as "depressing"
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“Then on Friday, I typically work from home because nobody’s in the office, and it’s depressing when there’s nobody there.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
In another context this insight would have been depressing, but I was too preoccupied with the weather to dwell on it.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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