sap
Example Sentences
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Bigger carriers are expected fare better than low-cost airlines, which have been hurt by intense competition and sapped spending among some consumers.
Fair enough, although this is hardly the first government building project to cost more than advertised, and the Fed funds it from the central bank’s own resources rather than sapping tax revenue from Treasury.
Others fear a lackluster initial public offering market could continue to sap fund performance.
But playing long into the summer in sapping conditions to become world champions is beginning to take its toll.
From Barron's
There will likely be no vistas of forest canopy, no shaded glens with water cascading through a tapestry of conifers, pine sap spicing the morning air.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
