Example Sentences

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Drained energy, lack of focus, a sense of aimlessness when scrolling online and dread over returning “even just one more email,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

Another said: "Drained emotionally and mentally when I get home resulting in me not giving my two daughters the best mum."

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2024

Drained, dirty and delirious, he continued anyway, pedaling a bicycle he found during the apocalyptic night of Aug. 8 to one Lahaina neighborhood he was determined to save as a symbol of enduring Hawaiian heritage.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2023

The arrangement was revelatory: Drained of Houston’s bounce, the song was moody, alternately pensive and yearning.

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2022

Drained like I had been working on a chain gang, breaking rocks in the hot sun.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce