DEPRESS in a Sentence

Learn DEPRESS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
177 example sentences for DEPRESS, such as:
1. A depression usually brings bad weather.
2. He committed suicide during a fit of depression.
3. Periods of depression alternate with excited behavior.
4. She had been receiving medical treatment for depression.
5. The onset of depression often follows a traumatic event.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of DEPRESS
depress
 v.  lessen the activity or force of
 v.  lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
Classic Sentence: (126 in 9 pages)
1  Stephen saw it sink as he had seen many another, feeling its heaviness depress his heart.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
2  The great silver buckle of her belt seemed to depress the centre of her body, catching the light stuff of her white blouse like a clip.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In TWO GALLANTS
3  In a few days practically all the students and teachers had left for their homes, and this served to depress my spirits even more.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV.
4  I was overwhelmed with depression, too; I had an hysterical craving for incongruity and for contrast, and so I took to vice.
Notes from the Underground By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: I
5  Something was not dead within me, in the depths of my heart and conscience it would not die, and it showed itself in acute depression.
Notes from the Underground By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: VIII
6  The greatest disorder and depression had been in the baggage train he had passed that morning on the Znaim road seven miles away from the French.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XV
7  Again Pierre was overtaken by the depression he so dreaded.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VIII
8  Nothing in life seemed to him of much importance, and under the influence of the depression that possessed him he valued neither his liberty nor his resolution to punish his wife.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VIII
9  If he did not at once give his consent to a reunion with his wife, it was only because in his state of depression he did not feel able to take any step.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VIII
10  Since the ball he had felt the approach of a fit of nervous depression and had made desperate efforts to combat it.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XXII
11  It was only at headquarters that there was depression, uneasiness, and intriguing; in the body of the army they did not ask themselves where they were going or why.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER XII
12  Rostov galloped back with the rest, aware of an unpleasant feeling of depression in his heart.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER XV
13  When Pierre and his wife had left, he grew very quiet and began to complain of depression.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 16: CHAPTER V
14  Ever since that leave of absence had expired, more than a fortnight before, Natasha had been in a constant state of alarm, depression, and irritability.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 16: CHAPTER XI
15  The worst of it was, Clifford tended to become vague, absent, and to fall into fits of vacant depression.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
Example Sentence: (51 in 4 pages)
1  There are hopes that this could help to revive the internet and technology sector which has shown to depress since the dotcom crash of 2000.
2  Creative activity serves as an effective antidote to depression.
3  A depression usually brings bad weather.
4  The symptoms of depression can include poor appetite and weight loss.
5  Decisions on their own depression and self-assertion perk this is a woman.
6  Periods of depression alternate with excited behavior.
7  He committed suicide during a fit of depression.
8  The onset of depression often follows a traumatic event.
9  It seems important to sensitize people to the fact that depression is more than the blues.
10  She had been receiving medical treatment for depression.
11  An observant doctor can often detect depression from expression, posture, and movement.
12  She will grow into a woman particularly liable to depression.
13  If you tend to overeat because of depression, first take steps to recognize the source of your sadness.
14  When his depression worsened, he decided to seek treatment.
15  I have been on sick leave for seven months with depression.