Sentence examples for have sapped efforts from inspiring English sources

In decades past, fraud and waste have sapped efforts to help the poor.

In drug-ravaged communities, where the ends tend to justify the means, that was enough to turn Mr Thaksin into a hero.His downfall, and Thailand's political crisis, have sapped police efforts to stop the traffickers.

Like the profile of Hoon and Hewitt themselves, that weaselly formulation may have sapped confidence that this move would succeed where so many previous efforts had failed.

Cuts have sapped state capacity.

Drought and irrigation have sapped its strength.

A number of factors have sapped demand, Appleton-Young said.

Clemens carried a 2-1 lead into the bottom of the seventh, his pitch count nearing 100, and his effort had sapped his energy.

Perhaps their effort against Argentina, one of the finest defensive performances at this World Cup, had sapped them.

The bloodshed has sapped investor confidence.

"This has sapped the energy from people's movements.

There are no jobs and recession has sapped confidence.