drained
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Drained energy, lack of focus, a sense of aimlessness when scrolling online and dread over returning “even just one more email,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026
Drained, dirty and delirious, he continued anyway, pedaling a bicycle he found during the apocalyptic night of Aug. 8 to one Lahaina neighborhood he was determined to save as a symbol of enduring Hawaiian heritage.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2023
Drained and exhausted, Moss and Tracy were among the last to be strapped into harnesses.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2022
The arrangement was revelatory: Drained of Houston’s bounce, the song was moody, alternately pensive and yearning.
From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2022
Drained by worry, abandoned by St. Christopher, she stopped fighting an eventuality that had never been fated in the first place.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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