Sentence examples for were spent down from inspiring English sources

Many of them were spent down in the marshes, where Garey and his three siblings learned to fish, shrimp and crab in the bountiful brackish waters.

The group said $1.97 billion was spent, down from $2 billion in 2002.

The reason, he said, is that the amount in the trust will be spent down, as opposed to a third-party trust where the recipient is just drawing the interest.

You are spending down your human capital.

"We're living basically, we're spending down our savings".

G.M., however, is spending down its cash hoard by $2 billion a month, and the company has acknowledged that it is teetering dangerously close to bankruptcy.

Moreover, G.M.'s startling admission on Nov. 7 that it was spending down its cash reserves by more than $2 billion a month caught analysts and investors by surprise.

Solomon: In a foundation that is spending down during the life of the donor, you have the passion of the donor continuing to drive the philanthropy.

(For those who were spending down a portfolio with this aggressive allocation, there is no salve except the hope that what they have left will continue to bounce back).

Rather than preserving a great estate for others to administer, Mr. Moores has lately been spending down.

United ended the third quarter with about $1.65 billion in cash available and is thought to be spending down $7 million to $8 million a day.