Sentence examples for saps morale from inspiring English sources

It is counterproductive, saps morale and immediately provokes players to question the new man's motives.

But nothing saps morale more than uncertainty born of paralysed decision-making.

It saps morale, creates uncertainty and can destabilise services, sometimes resulting in poor performance and failure.

The outbreak has other implications as well: It costs money and saps morale.

The steady drumbeat of bad news on Wall Street is sapping morale.

For the moment it surely helped sap morale in the Persian fleet.

Another defeat at The Oval would have sapped morale, already at a historic ebb, to the point of total depletion.

The sandstorm lasted two days, sapping morale and twice turning the setting sun the color of blood.

For me, these included greatly diminished muscle strength, chronic fatigue and sapped morale that persisted for months after doctors declared me parasite-free.

The bickering has sapped morale and paralyzed town business to the point where grant applications and budget deadlines run the risk of being botched or missed.

Correction to this articleAFTER their last controversial war, against Lebanon in 2006, Israelis commonly blamed the press for sapping morale by covering the carnage too closely.