Example Sentences

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The colossal amount of capital spending that is draining big tech’s free cash flow is piling into Nvidia’s bank account.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

Eoin only sleeps for two hours a night and his mother said it is draining her during the day when she is caring for him.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

Owen’s torpor — his froggy, monotone way of talking, his incessant, suppressed discomfort — is draining.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024

This reservoir is draining because the downstream dam has been damaged.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2023

I’ve been so preoccupied that I’ve just now noticed Miss Andersons companion, a sickly pale man who is draining his third glass of wine.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland