Sentence examples for was drained for from inspiring English sources

ARENAS HAS KNEE DRAINED Gilbert Arenas's surgically repaired left knee was drained for the second time in three weeks, forcing him to miss Washington's practice for a third consecutive day.

A large area of the Everglades immediately south of the lake was drained for farmland, particularly sugarcane.

Nearby, at Stuyvesant High School, which was reopened on Oct. 9, even the swimming pool was drained for the cleanup, more to set parents' minds at ease than because of contamination, Mr. Levy said.

During the early 20th century, however, levees and pumping systems were built to contain the river, and about half of the 400,000-acre (160,000-hectare) floodplain, including an entire lake, was drained for farmland.

But as the land was drained for agricultural purposes in the late 20th century, the groundwater level lowered, creating dry zones and exposing sulfurous sediment to oxygen, producing sulfuric acid.

In this study, we examine vegetation colonization and early dynamics on areas exposed when a reservoir was drained for four years to facilitate dam repairs.

If greatness was grating for the Wizards, it was draining for Jordan.

Managing the national team and managing a nation that was often apathetic about baseball was draining for Eenhoorn.

"What happened was draining for [users] in terms of personal productivity to understand what's relevant," Bhaskar Roy, a tech industry vet who recently joined Workato told TechCrunch.

Now it's been drained for farming".

"They were drained for agricultural uses, then filled for commercial and industrial," she said.