How to Use deplete in a Sentence

deplete

verb

• We completely depleted our life savings when we bought our new house.
• Activities such as logging and mining deplete our natural resources.
• At the end of the day, Tetyana sometimes feels depleted.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2023
• That cuts into the range and can deplete a battery faster.
  — Tom Krisher, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Jan. 2024
• But while drugs increase dopamine in the moment, long-term drug use depletes it.
  — Quanta Magazine, 7 Dec. 2023
• To be in as good shape next year, the region can’t afford to deplete it too much this winter.
  — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
• At that stage of the race, your body is depleted and flavors taste much more intense.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 3 Nov. 2023
• His 1975 report on the subject was among the first to highlight the role that the gases played in depleting the ozone layer.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
• The Ducks enter this matchup depleted by injuries and trades.
  — Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 7 Mar. 2024
• Late in the season, though, with injuries depleting depth in the running back group, Trayanum moved back to offense.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2023
• But then the water source is being depleted, and stretching it is not cheap.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2023
• These drugs, commonly used to treat high cholesterol, can deplete CoQ10 levels in the body.
  — Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Verywell Health, 31 July 2023
• Now that wildlife is depleted and hemmed in, climate change has come crashing down.
  — Catrin Einhorn Thea Traff, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• In depleting the Su-34 fleet, and fast, the Ukrainians deprive the Russians of their best precision bomber.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• Currently my soil has a pH of about 5 and all of the other soil components are depleted.
  — oregonlive, 16 July 2023
• Stocks of essential food in all of Gaza, including rice and vegetable oil, will be depleted in one to three days, the WFP said.
  — NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
• If the trust fund is depleted, the government will be able to pay only 77% of scheduled benefits, the report said.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2023
• Bread and milk—the survival talismans of any crisis—were depleted.
  — Sally Susman, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2023
• But farmers have pumped ever deeper through years of drought, depleting what's left and leaving wells dry.
  — Amy Taxin, ajc, 28 Mar. 2023
• Medicare’s hospital trust fund is set to deplete its reserves in 2028.
  — Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
• The power for you will rest on your willingness to stay close with a dear friend who seems to be in an abusive and depleting relationship.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
• When the device is off, the region below the gate is depleted of electrons, breaking the circuit under the gate and stopping current flow.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Mar. 2023
• Injuries depleted the offensive line, which allowed 46 sacks, the third-worst in FBS.
  — Joe Eachus, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
• Young wrote that all of it, other than about 3% of the military funding, had been depleted by mid-November.
  — Zeke Miller, Fortune Europe, 4 Dec. 2023
• The trick is to guide the board toward a certain color without depleting that color from your hand, or telegraphing your goals.
  — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
• Now Youssef, having loaded up on debt and depleted his savings in hopes of saving his business, is all but prepared to close down.
  — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023
• These substances can amplify the impact of drugs but also deplete white blood cells and cause other health problems.
  — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
• The front line has barely moved in the winter months, with the two sides engaged in a war of attrition that has cost many lives and depleted ammunition supplies.
  — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2023
• At its current rate and without changes, the university will deplete its reserves by 2028.
  — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2024
• This is true especially for those with harsh winters, where range can deplete more quickly.
  — Alexa St. John, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024