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Example sentences for: depressing

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"When one observes the depressing spectacle presented by American democracy today, one imagines that the man who talked best about it cannot be feeling very well in his heaven.
It is one thing to assume that the Federal Reserve could in principle always lower interest rates enough to offset the depressing effects of tax increases and spending cuts.
This is rather depressing, because it suggests that there is no escaping the remorseless Euro-bumf generator even for a program with an avowed aim of paper reduction.
The mean IOP of groups analyzed at each time point did not differ (P = 0.9) indicating that the IOP depressing effect of anesthesia occurs later than 12 minutes after administration.
This depressing fact has already prompted a welcome cri de coeur from Slate contributor Michael Hirschorn in the newest Brill's Content , where he points out how odd it is that in the wasteland that is the upper reaches of the cable box, there's no room for true international stars like David Beckham, Ronaldo, or Davor Suker.