How to Use depressed in a Sentence

depressed

adjective
  • He was depressed about having to return to school.
  • The rainy weather had her feeling lonely and depressed.
  • The patient has a somewhat depressed appetite.
  • Prices have remained at a depressed level.
  • The new drug is being tested on a group of severely depressed patients.
  • In the show, Sorokin is seen drinking and depressed, and begs Williams not to leave.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Perea was depressed to see the king of clean driving go rogue.
    — Lauren Smiley, Wired, 22 June 2021
  • José, a depressed and out-of-work dancer, has lost control of his life.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Apr. 2022
  • But that's not true of the movie, which feels less like a thriller than the grim tale of a very depressed woman.
    — Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 13 May 2021
  • The problem is that so many people look around the world and get very depressed.
    — Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 2 June 2022
  • But working at a Taco Bell drive-thru left him lost and depressed.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
  • Do your son and his wife know their son is depressed to the point of talking about suicide?
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 10 June 2021
  • The edges will be matte and the pancake should spring back when lightly depressed in the center.
    — Anita L. Arambula, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2023
  • That’s not the act of a depressed person or a grieving person.
    — Jennifer Senior, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2021
  • High home prices, high mortgage rates, and depressed home sales.
    — Byalena Botros, Fortune, 9 May 2024
  • Many despaired, saying the change had left them depressed and adrift.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2023
  • Based on the timeless book of the same name by Buzz Bissinger, high school football reigns supreme over all in the depressed heartland.
    — Matt Caputo, SPIN, 6 Feb. 2022
  • All three of us sat on our beds or on chairs Feeling much too depressed to go up or down stairs.
    — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The 31-year-old met a depressed free-agent market because of his age and injury.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2025
  • One study found that depressed dads may be less likely to read to their 1-year-old and more likely to spank them.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2024
  • But Nicky is an alcoholic and very depressed and doesn’t want any help from Jack’s kids.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 May 2021
  • My advice for now would be to keep your eyes open for bargains whilst the market is depressed.
    — Mark Littler, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Homeowners can try to make a rain garden, a depressed area in a lawn that can be dug out and filled with plants.
    — Joseph Pisani, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022
  • An even more alarming stat has to do with teens feeling depressed.
    — John Brandon, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • There was this sort of really dower, quite, sort of depressed mood in the building at that time.
    — CBS News, 10 July 2022
  • The photographer asked me to act sad and depressed, to stop smiling.
    — Gaylyn Henderson, Mph, Health, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Stuck on the base with little to do and no clear timeline for leaving, many of the women became depressed.
    — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 May 2022
  • Some people who are depressed are very good at hiding it.
    — Gregory Scott Brown, Men's Health, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Chad went off to direct second unit for a Sacha Baron Cohen movie, and Dave was deeply depressed.
    — Simon Bland, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Swelling in the hands and feet, getting sick frequently, feeling depressed, or having wounds that are slow to heal.
    — Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025

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