Unfortunately, Mr. Noé, never one for subtlety, repeats the trauma several times, draining it of its power.
It alters the public meaning of the word by further draining it of its power to reinforce traditional expectations of behavior.
But what she's really doing is draining it of its tawdry pleasures, sealing it inside the shellacked tomb of her prose.
Members of local school boards in Texas signed a resolution declaring that standardized tests are strangling education and draining it of its vibrancy and excitement for learners.
John Paul II and Benedict took that Church and transformed it into "fortress ecclesia," a repository and bastion of Truth standing tall against the rising tides of the secular world, but at the price of draining it of its vitality.
Check its progress regularly, draining it as soon as it is tender.
And Mr. Freij, with the help of a new chef de cuisine, Kenneth Tufo, has calmed down the kitchen, largely restoring its bistro mission and draining it of the overbearing need to sweeten dishes with raisins.
More than 100 families have sold their sheep, llamas and alpaca, set aside their fishing nets and quit the former lakeside village of Untavi over the past three years, draining it of well over half its population.
The major streams draining it include the Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri (Cauvery), Tungabhadra, Sharavati, and Bhima.
We wanted to make sure it was fueling our economy, not draining it".
The effect was not only physically draining, it was politically debilitating, too.
