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Discover LudwigThe phrase "depressing reading" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe written material that is sad or causing negative emotions in the reader. Example: "The news report on the famine in Africa was depressing reading, but it shed light on the dire situation that many people are facing." "I couldn't bring myself to finish the novel; the protagonist's tragic story was too depressing reading for me."
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It makes depressing reading.
All this makes depressing reading.
It makes for depressing reading.
The list of "scams" makes depressing reading.
Much of it makes for depressing reading.
Either way, it makes depressing reading.
But the manufacturing side remains depressing reading.
This all makes the Stern report rather depressing reading.
"Masters of Sex" can be, at times, depressing reading.
The National Fitness survey reporting in 1994 made depressing reading.
Art-world statistics, in particular, still make for depressing reading.
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