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Discover Ludwig"I was drained" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
You can use it to describe feeling physically or emotionally exhausted. For example, "After working all day, I was drained and ready to relax."
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I was drained of all hope.
"I was drained by the time I'd done The Corrections.
I was drained from how to put my socks on, all the rules.
At the end I was drained, exhausted, limp – but cleaned out.
At the end of an hour I felt fine physically; mentally I was drained.
I was drained, I hated everyone, and I wanted to run away and watch Stranger Things.
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"I am drained," Harrington said.
"I'm drained," said his father, Sandy Hamm.
Those two hours and I am drained.
"I'm strained, I'm drained," he said, at the halfway mark.
I know he's not an addict, but I'm still scared and I'm drained by our fights.
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