Sentence examples for depressing contrast from inspiring English sources

What a depressing contrast.

A starker and more depressing contrast in architectural features would be hard to find.

It would be hard to imagine a more depressing contrast with the leadership of Nelson Mandela, Mr. Mbeki's predecessor and one of the 20th century's great heroes.

The contemporary photo-op equivalent -- Hillary Clinton dutifully slugging back beer and a shot of whiskey in Crown Point, Ind .-- makes for a rather depressing contrast.

It would also serve as yet another reminder to the mainland Chinese of the greater social freedom and judicial independence in Hong Kong, a depressing contrast to what they have at home.

He finds this all in stark and depressing contrast to the post-second world war period, when Britain's debt was more than 200% of GDP (far higher than any European country's today, bar Iceland) and the country's leaders responded not by cutting spending but by founding the welfare state – "paving the way, incidentally, for decades of prosperity.

A new survey of tech workers fills out this picture nicely, and identifies interesting — and depressing — contrasts in people's experiences.

(It is, by contrast, a little depressing to see another, Derek Jacobi, lending his imprimatur to this folly in the role of a present-day narrator).

The personal positivism inherent in Drake's psyche at the time cannot be overstated (if only to act as a contrast for the depressing bleak states that were to follow).

Light is used to excellent effect, creating a cinematic stillness that contrasts with the depressing reality of the crumbling 1980s housing estate in the background.

The contrast should be unbearably depressing; I always expect a crushing sense of doom to hit me in the days and weeks after a blissful holiday break.