Example sentences for: depressing

How can you use “depressing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Critics call this depressing coke-fueled vision of '80s Hollywood lowlifes more an actors' showcase than a drama: It's "a tedious circus of apoplectic speeches and explosive thespian snit fits" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly ). Sean Penn and Kevin Spacey both give keen performances as strung-out movie-biz sharks, but most of the film is just talk (it was adapted from David Rabe's play), with a few bits of sex and violence the only action.

  • The Los Angeles Times leads with depressing news about California's second-tier state college system: an overwhelming number of its incoming students lack the basic math and English skills they should have acquired in high school.

  • Sadly, the vast majority of publishers declined to deposit their works—a depressing situation that continues to this day.

  • More depressing is the possibility that he means it.

  • Stardom can also be very transitory, and losing it, after once having had it, can be terribly depressing.


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