depressing experience

Example Sentences

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Walking into a bookstore as an author can be a mildly depressing experience because even small bookshops hold more volumes than anybody can possibly read.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2020

Seen from the vantage of your living room, however, the spectacle of Aniston and Sandler bumbling their way through one strained, busy set-piece after another becomes a deflating, even depressing experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2019

I was living in England that winter, and it was a pretty depressing experience.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2016

"The old building was so oppressive. Arriving and departing from New Street has been really a depressing experience."

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2015

But in her face was the sadness of personal suffering, and in her voice a tone he had noticed at first, an echo of some depressing experience, it seemed to him.

From Sons and Fathers by Edwards, Harry Stillwell