sapping

Example Sentences

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With higher energy prices sapping growth, tax revenues are set to be lower than eurozone governments had anticipated when framing their budgets for 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

But this has been a recurring issue throughout a sapping campaign as goalkeeper Ramsdale needed no reminding.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Traders have been conditioned to anticipate a last-minute reprieve, sapping the subsequent bounce.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

But playing long into the summer in sapping conditions to become world champions is beginning to take its toll.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

The wound in my arm was sapping my ability to think, but I muttered, “Communication device ... spy at camp.”

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan