saps
Example Sentences
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Scholars have long suspected there is a link between heat and economic development, arguing that hot weather saps energy and productivity by increasing absenteeism and causing more workplace errors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Voisard noted that an eagle’s first flight is a stressful endeavor that saps the bird’s energy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
The fight for new capital saps investment from other sectors, while meeting increasingly grandiose ambitions requires more computing power, which in turn demands more energy, which stokes energy price increases, and so on.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
But doing so saps its sensitivity, as doubling a cylinder’s resonant frequency would require shrinking it to one-eighth its original volume.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 20, 2024
Then all the energy saps from his body.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
