DEMORALIZE in a Sentence

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12 example sentences for DEMORALIZE, such as:
1. Talk of defeat had demoralized the team.
2. The illness demoralized him and recovery took several weeks.
3. But with all their best efforts, the packers were demoralized.
4. Losing several matches in succession had completely demoralized the team.
5. Now, the sight of so many buildings and people completed Prissy's demoralization.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of DEMORALIZE
demoralize
 v.  corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
 v.  lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
Classic Sentence:
1  Good-bye, Lord Henry, you are quite delightful and dreadfully demoralizing.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
2  In these and other ways were camp-life and the new liberty demoralizing the freedmen.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In II
3  But with all their best efforts, the packers were demoralized.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26
4  Races which are petrified in dogma or demoralized by lucre are unfit to guide civilization.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE N...
5  I returned to Tuskegee, and, with the help of the fifteen dollars, rallied our rather demoralized and discouraged forces and began a fourth attempt to make bricks.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X.
6  Now, the sight of so many buildings and people completed Prissy's demoralization.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
7  His appearance was certainly that of a hairdresser's dummy; but in the great demoralization of the land he kept up his appearance.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In I
Example Sentence:
1  Clearly, one of the objectives is to demoralize the enemy troops in any way they can.
2  Losing several matches in succession had completely demoralized the team.
3  The troops were thoroughly demoralized by this set - back.
4  The illness demoralized him and recovery took several weeks.
5  Talk of defeat had demoralized the team.