DEPRESSION in a Sentence
Learn DEPRESSION 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 DEPRESSION, such as:
1. A depression usually brings bad weather.
2. He was in a state of permanent depression.
3. He committed suicide during a fit of depression.
4. Periods of depression alternate with excited behavior.
5. The onset of depression often follows a traumatic event.
2. He was in a state of permanent depression.
3. He committed suicide during a fit of depression.
4. Periods of depression alternate with excited behavior.
5. The onset of depression often follows a traumatic event.
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Meanings and Examples of DEPRESSION
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depression
n. a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
n. an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
Classic Sentence: (126 in 9 pages)
1 I was overwhelmed with depression, too; I had an hysterical craving for incongruity and for contrast, and so I took to vice.
2 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.
3 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.
4 Again Pierre was overtaken by the depression he so dreaded.
5 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.
6 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.
7 Since the ball he had felt the approach of a fit of nervous depression and had made desperate efforts to combat it.
8 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.
9 Rostov galloped back with the rest, aware of an unpleasant feeling of depression in his heart.
10 When Pierre and his wife had left, he grew very quiet and began to complain of depression.
11 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.
12 The worst of it was, Clifford tended to become vague, absent, and to fall into fits of vacant depression.
13 Yet, in spite of all this, Anne had reason to believe that she had moments only of languor and depression, to hours of occupation and enjoyment.
14 As for his look, it was a natural cheerfulness striving against depression from without, and not quite succeeding.
15 "To get excitement and shake off depression," she said in low tones.
Example Sentence: (51 in 4 pages)
1 Creative activity serves as an effective antidote to depression.
2 A depression usually brings bad weather.
3 The symptoms of depression can include poor appetite and weight loss.
4 Decisions on their own depression and self-assertion perk this is a woman.
5 Periods of depression alternate with excited behavior.
6 He committed suicide during a fit of depression.
7 The onset of depression often follows a traumatic event.
8 It seems important to sensitize people to the fact that depression is more than the blues.
9 She had been receiving medical treatment for depression.
10 An observant doctor can often detect depression from expression, posture, and movement.
11 She will grow into a woman particularly liable to depression.
12 If you tend to overeat because of depression, first take steps to recognize the source of your sadness.
13 When his depression worsened, he decided to seek treatment.
14 I have been on sick leave for seven months with depression.
15 He was in a state of permanent depression.