Sentence examples for may be tapped from inspiring English sources

One reason for the weak showing at shopping malls is that many consumers may be tapped out from buying big items like cars and houses.

But donors who have put their names on the cloakroom or water fountain may be tapped out when it comes time for the boring old annual fund.

This is the house journal of the departure-lounge capitalist class admitting that the British economy may be tapped out, but at least we can keep borrowing.

Hedge fund managers' phones may be tapped, any stray remark is suspect and old trades are being exhumed so that the entrails can be examined.

So instead of residing peacefully in "lockboxes" for the next decade, the trust funds collected to cover baby boomers' Social Security and Medicare benefits may be tapped as early as this year.

The melting is continuous, and molten metal may be allowed to flow continuously through an open tapping spout at the base of the cupola, or it may be tapped intermittently.

It may be tapping into a deep-seated desire to get away from the hard corners and rectangles that have defined our appliances for decades.

Or it may be tapping into the basic human need to communicate.

Daoists maintain that God is not a person at all but an impersonal Force that pervades the universe and may be tapped-into by humans but requires no adoration.

President Obama may be tapping the philanthropic sector for support in gun violence prevention measures.

While Brink may be tapping into some of the same cultural issues Gaga addresses, Brink's performance is anything but a ripoff.