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Some argue that this combination of deflation-sapped growth and high debt makes Japan next in line for a Greek-style debt crisis.

That lost time sapped my finances and a bit of my confidence.

Chinese manufacturers, meanwhile, are keen to see the U. S. emerge from a housing crisis that has sapped spending power.

AT& T said Wednesday it had stopped taking advance orders for the smartphone, as record demand sapped its inventory.

Had not my new tensions sapped my already limited energy , I might still carry my studies successfully .

but no one knows of the mental malady which previously sapped her strength, and made her so easy a prey to the spoiler.

True, he had been taking nourishment, but the work the doctors had been doing on him had just about sapped his remaining vitality.

His friends believed, no matter what the actual cause of death, that between them, the KGB and the SIS had sapped his will to live.

We are in the last laps of this race so please do not let your strength be sapped.

THE dismal labour market has not sapped the government's ardour for welfare reform, nor that of voters.

This is often why people are sapped by mid-afternoon.

It's like having the energy sapped out of a muscle without the health benefits of exercise.

One gets the feeling that it is a strange echo of the real language, sapped of any vitality.

The very success of many parts of the world in limiting population has sapped donors' enthusiasm.

An obsessive concern with the hereafter sapped their will to take practical steps that could have made their lives more bearable.

The growing bank failures have sapped billions of dollars out of the deposit insurance fund.

David said, "Day and night your hand was heavy upon me, my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. "

Floods in Australia and another earthquake in New Zealand had already sapped chances of handsome profits this year when the tsunami struck.

The bitter wind sapped his remaining strength and , with little else to do .

For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.

Third, it avoids the problem of dust accumulating on the solar panels, which gradually sapped the strength of its predecessors.

The war in Iraq and Afghanistan has sapped voters' appetite for foreign adventures.

His downfall, and Thailand's political crisis, have sapped police efforts to stop the traffickers.

Rising gasoline prices, economists say, have sapped consumer confidence and altered spending patterns.

Meanwhile, our ability to combat threats around the world is sapped by the huge drain on resources caused by the Afghan war.

Orwellian work rules that sapped productivity and creativity have been removed .

The foundations were sapped away by termites in a few years.

In one corner the world saw the Big Dog, eight years out of office and his energy sapped by heart surgery.

A combination of spiralling costs, long timescales and conflicting interests among voters had sapped political will.

Everyone was sapped of strength by the sun's heat.

China, they say, is determined to reignite its export machine after a global recession that sapped demand for Chinese goods.

The president's apparent inability to get healthcare reform passed sapped his credibility, not just in America but around the world.

'My sinking morale sapped my enthusiasm for my work, which in turn could precipitate Bill's next attack, ' he wrote.

Weak productivity, he argues, is the consequence of Britain adapting to weak demand, not evidence of sapped supply.

The global recession and the strength of the Australian dollar have also sapped the country's appeal to foreign students.

Otherwise you'll find your hacking energy is sapped by distractions like sex, money, and social approval.

It has eroded the nation's morale and sapped its economic strength.

I told the boy's father that his son needed hospital care. I also explained that severe anemia had sapped his energy to walk and talk.

However, this could prolong the uncertainty that has sapped market confidence.

Our leadership in the world and our commitment to tackle its greatest challenges have not drained our strength or sapped our resolve.

The recession has sapped consumers' desire for expensive surgery.

He sapped strength from the melody and steeled himself for the hours ahead.

Drugs had sapped his ability to think.

Breakneck growth has sapped urban areas of their character.

Only 1 target may be sapped at a time.

That has sapped confidence in his judgment.

In Vietnam, malaria sapped many troops' strength.

The crash in the stock market has also sapped consumer confidence.

But not before its outward drift sapped rotational energy from Iapetus and slowed it down.

Her long l illness gradually sapped her strength.

But that sapped post-bubble Japan of needed vitality.

The extreme heat sapped his strength and health.

The publisher's rejection slip has sapped her will.

Her long illness graduwhichley sapped IT strength.

An extension is warranted for both countries because the economic downturn has sapped tax revenue.

Although the extreme heat sapped our strength , we didn't stop working .

The houses were sapped by floods.

She has been spooked and sapped of energy.

An arch of the bridge in the park has been sapped and sopped away.

Demand for luxury vehicles has rebounded after the financial crisis sapped sales last year.

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It became a job and sapped every bit of fun from playing