Sentence examples for depressing characters from inspiring English sources

In the lesser stories these folks are simply tiresome and depressing — characters toward whom Mr. Wolff assumes an air of weary condescension.

The existence of these depressing characters teaches children the important definition of pathos that there is, in fact, an end to the rainbow.

So after not loving "Girls" last week (don't hate me; I just didn't relate to any of the depressing characters -- though it did make me thankful I was not a single, miserable twenty-something living off my parents in NYC), I was wary of "Veep," HBO's latest offering.

Not everyone is the reactionary, insular and frankly depressing character you make our UK people out to be, though one does come immediately to mind.

In fact Fielding's novel was subject to an almost instant backlash – in this paper, Decca Aitkenhead sniffed: "Bridget Jones is merely a depressing character in an irritating book, but she is already in danger of turning into a social type" – but that does not seem to have harmed sales.

Each depressing character seemed more pitiful than the next.

If it's a very depressing character then remember, don't get so into it that you turn miserable and emo!

It's depressing, the characters are repulsive, and the stories are about death, swinging, depression, cancer and curly-sausage ­casseroles.

With depressing regularity, female characters were raped, tortured, maimed or killed in order to spur male heroes into action.

This is also depressing, because the characters include Robinson Crusoe's parrot and Friday, and what could be sadder than an abandoned kid reading Robinson Crusoe alone over Christmas?

These novels are so explicit that they look like they're all about desire and sex, but actually one of the things I almost find depressing about my characters is they are lacerated by self-reproach.