Sentence examples for violence drained from inspiring English sources

A year after Portugal decamped from its last colonial possession -- leaving behind a territory riven by gang violence, drained by recession, and demoralized by decades of neglect -- Macao is cleaner, inside and out.

Violence drains your spirit level, but if you click on the pray button you can bring it up again.

But witnessing or experiencing emotional, sexual, and physical violence drains that potential and affects a child's health, well-being, and future accomplishments.

Months of escalating violence have drained support for the occupation in the United States and left officials here and in Washington searching for a way out of an increasingly complicated war.

The longer the movement lasts, the more the frustrations of the protesters are difficult to manage internally," raising the risk of violence that could drain away even more public support.

It is worth noting that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the West Bank has been largely drained of deadly violence in the past few years.

The article "A lonely push for Mideast peace" (Nov. 22) says "It is worth noting that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been largely drained of deadly violence in the past few years".

"When Illusions Are All" (Week in Review, Nov. 21), an analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, says, "It is worth noting that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been largely drained of deadly violence in the past few years".

Support for the Sadrists drained as Iraqis tired of violence and sectarian killings.

The lives of half of humanity are still dogged by, drained by, and sometimes ended by this pervasive variety of violence.

The violence is shown as a steadily accelerating chain of terror, which leaves both Sarafina and us drained.