How to Use depressive in a Sentence

depressive

1 of 2 adjective
Definition of depressivenext
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  • This can lead to a very depressive outlook on the world.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes, 24 June 2022
  • Amid all the depressive thoughts there can be plenty of lightness.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 25 Jan. 2023
  • What these parents do with the fact that their son is plagued with depressive thoughts and has no coping skills to deal with them can be a life-or-death choice.
    — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The first depressive period in New York lasted for a full year for Papo, as did the second in Berlin.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The Belcher kids embark on a mission to solve a mystery that could save the family business and get their dad out of his depressive funk.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2022
  • One of the most troubling statistics in the study is the number of youth who endured major depressive episodes in the last year and, because of high cost, couldn't receive care.
    — Kennedy Sessions, Chron, 6 May 2023
  • Compared with a control group, those mice behaved in more anxious and depressive ways.
    — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Yo La Tengo have always done a nice job of playing with depressive rock idioms.
    — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2023
  • There is a link, too, between stroke and depression; about a third of people who have had a stroke suffer some depressive symptoms.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
  • If thinking about thinking can send you into a depressive spiral, the right kind of thinking about thinking can help pull you out.
    — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Her mother had a history of depressive episodes, and at least one of Izzy’s teachers had observed signs of depression in her, too.
    — James Ross Gardner, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Although fierce, the mood of the song is largely depressive and contemplative, and a crawling funeral doom song is simply what came to be.
    — Andy O'Connor, SPIN, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Kids with anxiety disorders present between ages 6 and 12, and kids first present with depressive disorders in the mid-teenage years.
    — John Duffy, CNN, 3 June 2022
  • Study after study shows links to more heart attacks and strokes, more car crashes, more workplace injuries, more deer strikes, more headaches, more depressive episodes, and lower SAT scores.
    — CBS News, 6 Nov. 2022
  • But living as a stroke survivor does raise your risk for having depressive episodes,’’ Cronenwett said.
    — Lindsey Tanner, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2023
  • But Clayton said ending just one depressive episode early can improve a person's long-term prospects.
    — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • While the content may be largely depressive, a great pleasure in the book comes from its lyrical artistry — the way the words play upon one another and the lines form patterns and disruptions of patterns.
    — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2023
  • This pattern was also linked with reporting the poorest health and depressive symptoms at age 50.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Bipolar disorder is a lifelong illness, so manic and depressive episodes come and go over time.
    — Katie Camero, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2024
  • In fact, the entire film, co-directed by Felder and Stefano Decarli, has an enveloping mood of the melancholy that weaves through much of the depressive Chopin’s music.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022
  • The involvement of one Scott Conner — better known as the man behind renowned one-man black-metal project turned depressive folk act Xasthur — only makes the whole thing seem that much more out of left field.
    — Hank Shteamer, SPIN, 22 Feb. 2023
  • To make matters worse, Thomas believes he was born with a depressive temperament.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2022
  • Mice that were bred to display depressive symptoms, however, stayed slack.
    — Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 1 Oct. 2022
  • To be diagnosed with winter SAD, the depressive symptoms must occur only during the fall and winter.
    — Emilia Benton, Men's Health, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Metro girls strive to remain cool and upbeat, but often find themselves in depressive spirals or making others feel bad.
    — Alice Roth, Wired, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Meanwhile, researchers who have studied the fall switch specifically say it's linked with an 11% increase in depressive episodes.
    — Dr. Alicia Zellmer, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2022
  • And, of course, like most exercise, pickleball may help improve depressive symptoms and help players cope with stress.
    — Kells McPhillips, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • In recent years, Thomas has experienced depressive episodes and wanted to talk about it on social media.
    — Jennifer Miller, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2022
  • But her depressive’s escape into sleep opens up an entire world of portals into dreams adjacent to her own.
    — John Anderson, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Everyone began to suddenly slump into a deep depressive state and fall behind in their work.
    — Jonathan Wolfe, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022
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depressive

2 of 2 noun
  • For the cool depressives, the irony of the vibrant, cheerful colors juxtaposed with a bored stare works best.
    — Fiona Wallice, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Feb. 2011
  • The producer was a lifelong depressive whose last film had also flopped.
    — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
  • And the same factors that turned many smug Democrats into depressives in November have elated many Republicans.
    — Daniel Gross, Slate Magazine, 31 Mar. 2017
  • Cases for depressive and anxiety disorders last year are estimated to have increased by more than a quarter—an unusually large surge.
    — Gary Stix, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Here, the motte: The acutely suicidal, the delusional, the manic-depressives, and other students with serious mental illnesses should be allowed to miss school to attend to symptoms that arise from their relative conditions.
    — John Hirschauer, National Review, 24 July 2019
  • Writing about a listless depressive with seemingly no deep passions or excitements and no significant relationship with any other living being is the far greater challenge Lahiri has set herself.
    — Sigrid Nunez, The New York Review of Books, 11 May 2021
  • Robin Weigert plays Verena Baptist, a charismatic leader in ivory cashmere, who reveals to Plum that her mother, the successful inventor of a famously restrictive diet course, was a depressive who knew her own plan was sadistic and unsustainable.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Republic, 12 June 2018
  • Let’s get rid of Infirmary Feminism, with its bedlam of bellyachers, anorexics, bulimics, depressives, rape victims and incest survivors.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2017
  • King’s characters are writers, doctors, teachers, bullied kids, depressives, alcoholics, people on low incomes.
    — Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Some people may experience psychotic symptoms (such as hearing voices) or experience suicidal thoughts due to the severity of their depressive or anxiety symptoms, Dr. Magavi says.
    — Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 7 May 2021
  • Aside from governing sleep, melatonin is linked to many other biological processes, like reproductive development, and may possibly underlie cancer and mental health disorders like major depressive or bipolar disorder.
    — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2020
  • For the cool depressives, the irony of the vibrant, cheerful colors juxtaposed with a bored stare works best.
    — Fiona Wallice, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Feb. 2011
  • The producer was a lifelong depressive whose last film had also flopped.
    — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
  • And the same factors that turned many smug Democrats into depressives in November have elated many Republicans.
    — Daniel Gross, Slate Magazine, 31 Mar. 2017
  • Cases for depressive and anxiety disorders last year are estimated to have increased by more than a quarter—an unusually large surge.
    — Gary Stix, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Here, the motte: The acutely suicidal, the delusional, the manic-depressives, and other students with serious mental illnesses should be allowed to miss school to attend to symptoms that arise from their relative conditions.
    — John Hirschauer, National Review, 24 July 2019
  • Writing about a listless depressive with seemingly no deep passions or excitements and no significant relationship with any other living being is the far greater challenge Lahiri has set herself.
    — Sigrid Nunez, The New York Review of Books, 11 May 2021
  • Robin Weigert plays Verena Baptist, a charismatic leader in ivory cashmere, who reveals to Plum that her mother, the successful inventor of a famously restrictive diet course, was a depressive who knew her own plan was sadistic and unsustainable.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Republic, 12 June 2018
  • Let’s get rid of Infirmary Feminism, with its bedlam of bellyachers, anorexics, bulimics, depressives, rape victims and incest survivors.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2017
  • King’s characters are writers, doctors, teachers, bullied kids, depressives, alcoholics, people on low incomes.
    — Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Some people may experience psychotic symptoms (such as hearing voices) or experience suicidal thoughts due to the severity of their depressive or anxiety symptoms, Dr. Magavi says.
    — Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 7 May 2021
  • Aside from governing sleep, melatonin is linked to many other biological processes, like reproductive development, and may possibly underlie cancer and mental health disorders like major depressive or bipolar disorder.
    — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2020

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