Example Sentences
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International Business Machines warned last week that its quarterly revenue had come up short as customers drained their budgets on artificial-intelligence hardware, leaving less room to invest in software.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to have his left knee drained coming out of the All-Star break and will not travel to Philadelphia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Negotiations have often gone late into the night, producing miniscule advances and leaving diplomats drained -- especially those from small countries with only a handful of staff in Geneva covering every branch of the UN.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
The nights in the subway leave her drained.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
When the light dawned in the morning, they were like a company of ghosts, their faces drained and pale with strain, their beards and hair white with snow and salt spray.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
