Sapped in a sentence

Alcaraz was sapped by the “tension” and “nerves” of playing Djokovic at a grand slam, and his movement was severely limited throughout the rest of the match as the Serbian closed out a four-sets win.

But Boston closed the first half on a 12-4 spurt, capped by Smart’s 3-pointer that sent the visitors to the locker room with a 65-53 lead and sapped a lot of energy from the home crowd.

She felt isolated, and it sapped her motivation to make friends with teachers or students.

The cryptocurrency market plunged last year as investor confidence was sapped by a combination of interest rate hikes and high-profile collapses including FTX and Celsius.

Among those affected is 32-year-old Rocío Costa, who said the rapidly rising prices have sapped her family’s meager income of just over $400 a month.

As Guest of Honour at Grenada’s 50th Independence Anniversary Celebrations, President Akufo-Addo summed up his message thus, “Do not allow your energies to be sapped by either the failures of the past or the challenges of today.

He appears sapped of energy and expresses disbelief that he is being cuffed again.

Lately, however, the team-wide slump has sapped the power of Ozuna, whose 37th and most recent home run came on Aug. 20.

The Florida governor’s presence in the race could have sapped some populist and socially conservative voters from Trump.

Their energy sapped by the bug, Tottenham lost 2-1 against West Ham, while Thierry Henry scored a hat-trick as Arsenal beat Wigan 4-2 to qualify for European football's top competition at their local rivals' expense.

The Irish republicans have seen their public support plummet by nearly half in the past year, their anti-establishment appeal sapped, in part, because of from anti-immigrant militants agitating against Sinn Féin within its usual working-class power bases.

The old system was also a cesspool of corruption that sapped the little strength remaining in the retirees who waited unendingly for their pensions.

The squad, stretched and sapped by a punishing run of injuries, are giving everything.

This year's Super Tuesday was sapped of much of its suspense as Biden and Trump had effectively secured their parties' nominations before a ballot was cast Tuesday.

Special teams coordinator Rob Wenger’s units have perennially battled for consistency, which a sapped depth chart hasn’t helped this year.

Both took advantage of tiring English legs, stamina sapped by the sustained battering they had taken at the hands of worthy winners.

Brexit uncertainty undoubtedly has sapped firms’ enthusiasm for hiring new workers, but sharply rising unit labour costs also are playing a role.

But in 2017, the tides of the expedient post-truth era sapped centuries of definition.

The economy was shaken last year by a currency crisis that sent inflation to 25 per cent and sapped growth.

This sapped the enthusiasm of the base to pull out the vote and was likely a contributing factor to the failure of the NDP to win any seats in Toronto.