Example Sentences

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The day of my father’s funeral had been draining.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

The legal case itself had been draining, with much of the evidence entirely secret and kept from me and the BBC team.

From BBC • May 21, 2022

The previous 48 hours, since Mark Turgeon and the school agreed to end his Terrapins tenure eight games into his 11th season, had been draining.

From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2021

“And we had nothing to pull from our reserves to cover this emergency because we had been draining our reserves for the past two or three years,” Martin said.

From Washington Times • Feb. 1, 2021

He had been draining the resources of the generous fellow.

From Bull Hunter by Brand, Max