Sentence examples for they were expending from inspiring English sources

Americans asked why they were expending so much of their own blood to civilise a place that seemingly gloried in barbarism.

In years gone by (and in just a few games gone by too) the Timbers would have attempted to outrun and outplay Toronto FC, but such an approach often saw Porter's side reap less than the effort they were expending.

While better than doing nothing, a fifth of these women fell short of targets, which was put down either to overestimating how much energy they were expending or overeating to compensate afterwards.

The formerly lazy mole-rats ratcheted up their digging to the point where they were expending about the same amount of energy as the other members of the colony.

They perceived they were expending a great deal of emotional labour on something that did not improve patient care and this compounded their feelings.

Bunting says: "All protagonists in a debate have a moral responsibility to ensure that the hot air they are expending generates light, not just heat".

Some golfers with a beautiful swing make it look effortless, as if they are expending no more energy than they would spraying a light cover of bug repellent on their forearms.

The only note of hope for the mere mortals chasing the Heat: they are expending an awful lot of energy in what would normally be the season's garbage time, Ken Berger writes on CBSSports.com, which may tire them out for the playoffs.

You get a sense of how hard they're pulling, how much energy they're expending.

Whether they are expending people or the planet.

They are expending enormous political capital on a bill they once thought was a slam-dunk.