sapping
Example Sentences
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What it suggests is each rally is sapping more and more strength from the bulls.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026
Any geopolitical shocks or macro events could also widen credit spreads, raising funding costs for issuers and sapping investor demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Traders have been conditioned to anticipate a last-minute reprieve, sapping the subsequent bounce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Describing the impact of the bombardment, one Tehran resident said that the constant "sound of ongoing blasts is fatiguing" and energy sapping.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
But today a spiritual claustrophobia had set his internal organs to aching, sapping his strength.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
