saps

Example Sentences

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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 if their presence somewhat saps our national story of its romanticism, it only adds to its deep interest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

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

The strategy saps the migrants of the funds and energy they need to keep going.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2024

That’s what Charles Chiltington thought about sentimental saps like Kyle Keeley.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein