enervated
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Unfortunately for the Kraken, they looked far more enervated in Monday’s Game 7 than they did energized.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2023
Moreover, this episode is edited in such a busy manner that enervated viewers may just wait it out to see who lives, who dies and how any double crosses play out.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2023
Dramatically, though, Kreutzer’s increasingly ahistoric retelling starts to feel inert, as enervated and suffused with ennui as its world-weary heroine.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2023
Chef Anthony Bourdain, whose visceral prose enervated his roving culinary programs, was mourned by fellow chefs, writers and fans Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2018
Soon my mind was saturated, my being enervated, yet my soul continued to live and hope for better days.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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