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Example sentences for "depresses"

Lexicographically close words:
deprehended; depress; depressant; depressants; depressed; depressing; depression; depressions; depressive; depressor
  1. But the ever-watchful Pilot instantly depresses one aileron, elevating the other, with just a touch of the rudder to keep on the course, and the Planes welcome back their precious Lift as the Aeroplane flicks back to its normal position.

  2. And then, as he depresses the Elevator, the Aeroplane with relief assumes its normal horizontal position.

  3. Depresses the motor system, but has no definite therapeutic indication.

  4. In some other members his weight so depresses the keel that the stamens are forced out to dust him over, the flower resuming its original position to protect its nectar and the remaining pollen just as soon as the pressure is removed.

  5. Slight weight depresses the keel, releasing the stigma and anthers therefore, so soon as a bee alights and opens the flower, he is hit below the belt by the projecting stigma.

  6. H meets the shoulder S of G and depresses that end of the toggle, head D is moved to the right and the dies are closed when the end of G meets E, and ceases to close when G has seated itself in F and can no longer move E.

  7. W, and through the slot in the tool post passes a gib G, which may be moved endways in the slot and thus elevates or depresses the tool point.

  8. When, therefore, S is pushed down it depresses the spring T and its end W enters some one of the notches in the rim t, and operates the nut after the manner of a ratchet.

  9. Eliminate every habit that holds you back, every practice that unfits you for progress, every person who depresses you, every move that is not necessary, every footless idea that crowds your brain.

  10. The huge shadows of the rocks, fringed with firs, concentrating the views without darkening them, excited that tender melancholy which, sublimating the imagination, exalts rather than depresses the mind.

  11. A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part.

  12. Any agent that depresses the activity of the motor centers, as bromides, etc.

  13. But, in spite of the gratitude I perhaps owe him, the remembrance of his visit always troubles and depresses me.

  14. When trouble depresses me, and I do not find in the hearts of others what my own craves, the aspect of nature and inanimate objects consoles me.

  15. Aconite further depresses the activity of all nerve-terminals, the sensory being affected before the motor.

  16. This agrees with the well-known fact that the presence of an impurity in a substance depresses its melting-point.

  17. Child-labor depresses the wages of adults and the evil grows.

  18. A shift of demand from one kind of goods to another depresses the wage of the one kind of labor and raises that of the other.

  19. It makes known the amount of his profits; if they are large, the advertising of his success invites competition; if they are small, publicity injures his credit and depresses the value of his property.

  20. Sensuality contaminates the body, depresses the understanding, deadens the moral feelings of the heart, and degrades man from his rank in creation.

  21. Sensuality contaminates the body depresses the understanding deadens the moral feelings of the heart and degrades man from his rank in creation.

  22. There is, however, but little prospect of this whilst the influence of wealth so depresses the scientific education of those classes at the Universities.

  23. If neither depresses the pan of the balance in which it is placed, but their weight is equal, the assay has been free from error; but if one bead depresses its pan, then there is an error, for which reason the assay must be repeated.

  24. After this the water-gates are opened, in order that the machine may be turned which depresses the levers of the bellows.

  25. A stone placed on the upper board of the bellows depresses it and then the flap of the blow-hole is closed.

  26. Yet it may be true that, both immediately and ultimately, the foreign workman depresses the incomes of those already here with whom he directly competes.

  27. On the other hand, those in occupations into which few immigrants enter may, as consumers of cheaper products, be immediately the gainers in real wages, by the very change that depresses the wages in the lower strata.

  28. The competition of child-labor also depresses the wages of adults, and thus the evil grows.

  29. The sentiment of impotence powerfully depresses a man, and the depression increases his impotence.

  30. In the normal male the sentiment of sexual power favors self-exaltation, while the contrary sentiment of impotence, or even that of mediocre sexual power, depresses this sentiment of exaltation.

  31. No sorrow for the past, no gloomy foreboding of the future, no remorse, disappointment, nor anxiety depresses the spirits and enfeebles the vital powers.

  32. The connection being completed between the two subscribers, the B-operator depresses one or the other of the ringing keys 5 or 6, according to which party on the line is called, assuming that it is a two-party line.

  33. The increase of capital reduces the earning power of each unit of the supply of it and depresses the rate of interest; but it raises the rate of wages, for it causes labor itself to act more efficiently.

  34. It depresses me to think that I must soon leave my quiet home, my regular life, and daily constitutionals.

  35. You cannot imagine how it depresses me to think of men like Rimsky-Korsakov, Liadov, and yourself being obliged to worry with teaching.


  36. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "depresses" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.