Depress is an English word with synonyms like lower or change. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Depress in a sentence
Related words
Depress meaning
- To press down.
- To make depressed, sad or bored.
- To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
Synonyms of Depress
Using Depress
- The main meaning on this page is: To press down. | To make depressed, sad or bored. | To cause a depression or a decrease in parts of the economy.
- Useful related words include: get down, lower, change, bring down.
- In the example corpus, depress often appears in combinations such as: to depress, depress the, and depress.
Context around Depress
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 12 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Depress
- In this selection, "depress" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rates, ultimately, may, turnout, oil and colorado stand out and add context to how "depress" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and ultimately depress margins something and as you depress the shutter. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "depress" sits close to words such as abakaliki, abbasi and abductors, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with depress
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But do higher interest rates depress oil prices? (8 words)
High interest rates continue to depress Colorado’s real estate market. (11 words)
Xylazine can depress one's central nervous system to dangerous levels. (11 words)
Fear that Covid-19 might spread during elections — and that concerns over the virus might depress voter turnout — have led to a national push to make voting more accessible, with some Democratic lawmakers offering proposals for nationwide voting by mail. (40 words)
But the software problems experienced in Durham County pointed to some of the other ways that cyberattacks can interfere with elections — for instance, by blocking voters from the polls and causing long lines that depress turnout. (36 words)
Whatever the limit, you can bypass it by using “bulb” mode, where the shutter will stay open as long as you depress the shutter button, or will open with one press and close with a second. (36 words)
But do higher interest rates depress oil prices? (8 words)
Example sentences (20)
But do higher interest rates depress oil prices?
High interest rates continue to depress Colorado’s real estate market.
This could result in increased expenses required to market to and acquire new customers and ultimately depress margins—something Wall Street is already concerned about given Match Group’s recent financial performance.
Keyboards vary in how consistent they feel across all the keys, and some keys (like the space bar) are louder than others and require more force to depress.
These editors also give extensive attention to audience members’ mental health with a story mix that doesn’t depress and even regular psychological advice.
While a flood of inventory from Prime Video threatened to depress price in the market, Tubi’s volume continued to increase commensurate with its continuing double-digit viewership growth.
Xylazine can depress one's central nervous system to dangerous levels.
Apple said the closing of stores in China would depress sales of iPhones and other devices.
Beginning a career underemployed can depress earnings over a lifetime and delay milestones like and having children.
But the software problems experienced in Durham County pointed to some of the other ways that cyberattacks can interfere with elections — for instance, by blocking voters from the polls and causing long lines that depress turnout.
Democrats fear that Mr. Trump has attacked voting by mail as a way to depress turnout in the presidential election.
Fear that Covid-19 might spread during elections — and that concerns over the virus might depress voter turnout — have led to a national push to make voting more accessible, with some Democratic lawmakers offering proposals for nationwide voting by mail.
Fiction, generally, is allowed to stun and depress but there is pressure on nonfiction to offer consolation or at least guidance.
For party members seeking to mobilize supporters, the remote format may depress grass-roots energy.
For those who do want to vote in-person on Election Day, research has shown that polling place changes can depress turnout.
In our view, this could lead to increased demand for imports, which would depress the current account balance”, analyst said.
My mentality is like a kid, I’m so curious about everything, my friends are all much younger than me because my generation really depress me.
Rising hopes for a resolution to the U.S.-China trade war helped propel global equities to record highs late last year and depress the value of the U.S. dollar.
Whatever the limit, you can bypass it by using “bulb” mode, where the shutter will stay open as long as you depress the shutter button, or will open with one press and close with a second.
African Americans were systematically targeted with misinformation in an attempt to depress black turnout for Hillary Clinton.
Common combinations with depress
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: