| The way you defeat an army, is by demoralizing the individual soldiers in it, or getting them to desert or retreat. |
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| After such a demoralizing outing, it would have taken a miracle to avert a catastrophe. |
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| Come on, we are students, we're the lower class of the future, you might as well start demoralizing us now. |
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| No more public filings, no more quarterly hoops to jump through, and no more demoralizing bull sessions with analysts and frustrated shareholders. |
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| Some of our members have worked here since graduating from high school, and to have the rug yanked out from beneath them is demoralizing. |
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| Rather, human trafficking, like slavery in the past, is a way of demoralizing the conquered. |
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| Shades of dishonesty simply invite demoralizing and reprehensible judgments. |
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| It has to be demoralizing for those serving over there when they see this type of grandstanding. |
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| The bureaucratization of internal party life had a demoralizing effect on the Zhenotdel. |
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| This action was deliberate and calculated as a way of demoralizing the Iraqis and demonstrating the power of America and its military might. |
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| It is the feelings of loss of control and powerlessness that are so demoralizing and so compromise our ability to cope with any change. |
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| Either way, not being able to address it was extremely frustrating and demoralizing. |
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| The arbitrary application of these rules has contributed greatly to demoralizing the staff. |
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| After a short chapter illustrating the devastating and demoralizing effects of these policies on the Meru, the author closes with a somewhat brighter vision of the future. |
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| If I may say so, you need to get past this issue that is sapping your energy and demoralizing your followers. |
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| The results of such widespread lack of curiosity or interest in knowledge are as demoralizing as they are predictable. |
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| They were counting on the scandal to motivate conservatives to vote while demoralizing liberals. |
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| Instead of demoralizing a people, you have brought them closer together. |
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| And he had dozens, even hundreds of stories, especially with his almost total recall, of the insulting, demeaning, demoralizing, even violent realities of every day life. |
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| Harold's hopes depended on keeping his line unbroken and his casualties light, thus exhausting and demoralizing the Normans. |
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| Lack of promotion opportunities certainly has a demoralizing effect on the staff. |
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| But what images are the most demoralizing to what groups, and in what ways? |
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| Most of our Canadian researchers are having their proposals ranked very high but still get turned down, which is totally demoralizing. |
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| Though human nature is such that people gossip and complain, excessive amounts of such types of talk can be demoralizing. |
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| We believe that by demonizing and demoralizing the Canadian tobacco industry the government creates a dangerous, inflammatory atmosphere that is unfair and harmful to our members and their families. |
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| The Special Rapporteur believes that the wide political support for the law has conveyed a demoralizing message to religious minorities in France. |
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| Painfully, on the flipside, I can think of few things in the life of a scientist more disheartening or demoralizing than having a grant rejected, for in one sense, it is a rejection of your vision as a scientist. |
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| The petty rancor and unassuaged disappointments of a resentment-filled life burn on every page, in ways one would think might be more demoralizing than inspiring to potential followers. |
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| Those provisions had been adopted as a result of numerous infringements of the rules in force, which had led to a staff cost deficit and been a factor in demoralizing staff. |
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| This is demoralizing in terms of how much work it takes to put together a terrific application and then have it turned own, even though it has been rated in one of the highest ratings possible. |
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| Cricket legend Rahul Dravid expressed dismay with India's fascination with cricket and feels that an obsession towards any sport is demoralizing. |
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| The defeat had a hugely demoralizing effect on Soviet workers, helping to pave the way for the usurpation of political power by a conservative, nationalist bureaucracy. |
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| We have relied upon content analysis as the key methodological tool to emphasize that stereotypical images have a demoralizing effect on minority groups. |
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| It has also been observed that it can become demoralizing for accused persons to be remanded in custody before their first appearance, often having to travel great distances from their home communities in the process. |
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| Now, the Republicans are compromising and demoralizing their base. |
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| The Mets were once the clipper ship of baseball, but a demoralizing 4-8 run against the American League East has left them adrift in the horse latitudes. |
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| De-moralizing the subject can be, quite simply, demoralizing, as stirring statements of ideals turn into persnickety rules with exceptions crying out to be loopholed. |
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