Sentence examples for saps away from inspiring English sources

Over time – and over generations – this saps away self-reliance and self-confidence, and caps aspiration.

Instead, as an interminable elegiac orchestral entr'acte leads to an apologia of an epilogue – the couples all loved-up against a full moon and Shylock a mere shadow – the dramatic energy saps away.

"It does sap away some of your energy.

Could it be that the first-round bye was actually hurting them, sapping away momentum they had built?

If you haven't then you can be proud of your lack of contribution to a cause that is sapping away at the world's limited goodwill.

But when it was over it seemed as if the sensational play on the court had sapped away whatever energy there might be around it.

With the recession sapping away customers, Las Vegas casinos have struggled to meet their debt obligations, much of which was racked up during large expansions when times were flush.

I've struggled for years to describe what it feels like to have high blood sugar: All my energy is sapped away.

In a guerrilla war that is turning more violent, young men in nameless places suffer wounds that, no matter a crew's speed or skill, can quickly sap away life.

In most plant designs, the flow of water around the core must be constant, because the heat of fission can damage the reactor if it is not sapped away.

The chill steadily sapped away at the film's awards buzz: when the Golden Globe nominations were announced earlier this week, it scored but a single bid for supporting actress Hong Chau, failing to place even in a best comedy/musical field that found room for the Hugh Jackman campfest The Greatest Showman.