sapping
Example Sentences
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Higher rates make those buydowns even more expensive, sapping home builder profits and reducing incentives to increase production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Fifth seed Flavio Cobolli said he lacked energy in a third-round defeat, which he attributed to his volume of matches and New York's sapping heat.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
What it suggests is each rally is sapping more and more strength from the bulls.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026
Rising bond yields around the world are sapping investors’ appetite for stocks, interrupting a chip-stock rally that fueled major stock indexes to fresh highs this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
I would instead spend days brooding over my helplessness and the senselessness of the unbroken cycle of pain and suffering searing my mind and sapping my strength day after day.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
