Sentence examples for depletes from inspiring English sources
'deplete' is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it to refer to when something decreases or is used up, especially when referring to a resource. Example sentence: Over-fishing has seriously depleted fish populations in the area.
verb
Third person singular of deplete
In their latest paper, they think they have proved this theory.The idea behind the theory of resource depletion is that the effort expended on suppressing prejudice depletes the ability to use cognitive control in subsequent tasks.
Production at the Arak heavy-water reactor ceases and Iran depletes much of its stockpile of medium-enriched uranium.
Inadequate nutrition lowers the immune system, increasing the risk of infectious disease; illness, in turn, depletes a child's nutritional stocks.
They require vegetation to be cleared, trees to be chopped down and the creation of an artificial landscape that erodes the soil and depletes its ability to retain water.In Scotland 500 years ago, the game was played on natural land watered by rain.
That only depletes the vacuum used to provide their power-assistance.
They pay workers not to scatter the powder in the water as it depletes shrimp stocks and endangers eel farms.Deeper flaws are emerging.
Once a well is drilled, an unrelenting geological process is unleashed that depletes the reservoir even if none of the oil is pumped out.
An ecological catastrophe is taking place, as reclamation destroys reefs, agricultural and industrial run-off poisons the water and overfishing depletes fish stocks.
It's very difficult to include expert commentary that depletes or diffuses the newsiness, because it sucks the signifying force out of the piece.
Economic growth in these countries often depletes natural capital and therefore future potential.
If you zoom along fast roads or go up a lot of hills, the battery depletes more rapidly.
