Sentence examples for depleted like from inspiring English sources

In some cold cases, there's a risk that certain evidence will be depleted – like when increasingly more fabric is clipped from semen-stained clothing to test.

"Certain mines in Minas Gerais have been almost completely depleted, like those of the Brazilian Paraíba tourmaline, with its unusual neon blue-green color," she said.

My opponent and I had been exchanging blows and counter attacks for what seemed like hours, and now we sat, silent and depleted, like two punch-drunk prizefighters awaiting the final round of a gruelling championship bout.

One is a trawl fishery off the central California coast, a particular concern to environmentalists because the commonly used heavy gear not only produces a large by-catch of stocks that are quickly being depleted, like canary rockfish and cow cod, but can also hurt the sloping rocky habitat where these species live.

Unfortunately, indigenous cultures are often being depleted, like other natural resources, when well meaning organizations engage native communities in order to "lift" them to their own standards.

In DKO* LanDTR mice reconstituted with a LanDTR bone marrow (LanDTR → DKO* LanDTR), in which both LCs and Lan+ DDC were depleted, psoriasis-like inflammation was exacerbated upon DT injection (Fig 5B, C, G, and H) similarly to what was observed with DKO* LanDTR mice (Fig 4B and C).

Cell death induced by ceramide was significantly reduced by insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3 in the MCF-10A cells and depleting insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3 with transforming growth factor-beta in these cells consequently increased their susceptibility to ceramide.

We found that ATO depletes stem-like cancer cells as defined by surface CD133 expression in all three GBM neurosphere lines tested, with negative effects on overall growth and clonogenicity.

Comparable asthma rates show up in similarly depleted neighborhoods like central Harlem or North Philadelphia.

Pentagon and officials from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization acknowledge that depleted uranium, like other heavy metals, can be toxic, but insist that its low-level radiation is not harmful.

Fishermen in Massachusetts use a similar system to help ensure local lobster stocks are not depleted.Something like Ostrom's solution is happening already in some places.