Sentence examples for which were drained from inspiring English sources

Leaves were mashed to extract the plant's juices, which were drained through a fine filter to keep back bacteria-size objects.

Many medieval abbeys (now in ruins) were established within or adjacent to the former marshlands, which were drained and brought under cultivation by the 18th century.

In Etruscan and Roman times the Maremma was well settled and known for its farms, which were drained by subterranean canals.

The price was paid by the Spanish southern provinces, which were drained of vitality by emigration to the north, and by the decay of the trade and manufacturing that had given Antwerp a commanding financial position.

The most conspicuous sign that these investors have grown disenchanted with American stocks has been the flow of money out of domestic stock mutual funds, which were drained of more than $400 billion since the start of 2008, compared with an inflow of $52 billion in the four years before that, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Fans such as Jamie Myers, for whom going to the Preakness and letting loose was a Baltimore tradition and who recalls a time when he and his buddies showed up at 6am with two cases of beer both of which were drained by the time the gates opened at 9am, simply stayed away.

It hunted down "ghost schools", which were draining money from the education budget of Punjab, Pakistan's biggest state.

At his public health evaluation on March 12, he had numerous papular lesions that were umbilicated with overlying vesicles, several of which were draining serous fluid, and VACV was clinically diagnosed.

This causes the water vapour to turn back into liquid, which is drained out and collected.

Within the crater lies a lake, which is drained by the Whangaehu River.

Lakes dot the countryside, which is drained by the Motala and other rivers.