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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a depressing day for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a day that has been particularly disheartening or sad for someone or a group of people.
Example: "Yesterday was a depressing day for the entire community after hearing the news of the local school's closure."
Alternatives: "a gloomy day for" or "a disheartening day for".
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It is a depressing day for humankind in general.
Everybody in the country's looking at him, so it's going to be kind of a depressing day for him".
It was a depressing day for the Yankees, whose sustained run of success was smudged by the revelations.
Monica Frassoni, president of the European Alliance to Save Energy, said: "This is a depressing day for Europe.
European citizens will pay the price [in] fewer green jobs, more imports of expensive fossil fuels and shorter lives because of pollution". Monica Frassoni, president of the European Alliance to Save Energy, said: "This is a depressing day for Europe.
"It makes me feel better about Thanksgiving, which is already a depressing day for me," said Ms. Oeh, a college adviser, archaeology teacher and vegetarian who will enjoy meatless lasagna today.
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Lewis told Radio 4's Today programme this morning: "It's a deeply depressing day for anyone with a modicum of compassion or commitment to justice in Britain and throughout the world".
By the way, this must be a truly depressing day for our friends at Spain For McCain.
Wishful thinking on a depressing day?
"I'll tell you, that was a depressing day," he said.
A depressing day's reading.
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