Sentence examples for depressing developments from inspiring English sources

The sidelining of the Mars program is one of several depressing developments at NASA.

Edwin Newman called it "one of the most depressing developments of our time".

Almost every day there appear to be new depressing developments: reform-minded officials walking away from the government, progressive appointments blocked or stalled.

Sport minister Hugh Robertson told The Independent on Monday morning that the weekend's "disappointing and depressing" developments risked damaging the image of British sport that was so improved by last year's Olympic games in London.

While John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin as his running mate energized the party after a long stretch of depressing developments, the most optimistic Republican strategists still expect further losses in Congress even if McCain wins the White House.

None of these depressing developments is new, of course, but after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, with an economy teetering on recession, and studios, networks, record companies and publishers all feeling increasingly risk-averse, the search for the Next Sure Thing dominated the cultural landscape as never before.

This is a depressing development.

That is a thoroughly depressing development for Ukraine.

This capitulation before the rampaging needs of capital is a depressing development.

(Is this why Alien is a better movie than Prometheus?) If so, that's a pretty depressing development.

It was a depressing development for anyone concerned about de facto censorship, network cowardice or the career of James Brolin.