sap
Example Sentences
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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
The sap-syrup yield has never changed: one bucket of syrup from every 40 buckets of sap, making even the most modern, mechanized forms of syrup production very labor intensive.
The steep bounce and true carry should be an advantage, yet takes some getting used to, and the fearsome heat can be sapping.
From BBC
But if their presence somewhat saps our national story of its romanticism, it only adds to its deep interest.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
