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.
• But 500 years to deplete all of the world’s marble is not very long.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2024
• At the end of the day, Tetyana sometimes feels depleted.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2023
• The leaves are hand-picked, and only a little at a time as to not deplete the plant.
  — Erin Booke, Dallas News, 12 June 2020
• The roster from the big leagues to the minor leagues was depleted.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
• That cuts into the range and can deplete a battery faster.
  — Tom Krisher, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Jan. 2024
• Between city and highway loops, the test calls for a steady speed of 55 or 65 mph to deplete the battery.
  — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 30 Aug. 2020
• Experts say your level of self-control tends to deplete over the course of a day.
  — Womensmedia, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
• 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
• Those words helped launch the catch-and-release craze, a more humane method of fishing that doesn’t deplete species of fish.
  — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2022
• At that stage of the race, your body is depleted and flavors taste much more intense.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 3 Nov. 2023
• The initial round of funding for the program was depleted in just two weeks.
  — Christopher Harress | [e-mail], al, 24 Apr. 2020
• The Spirit was depleted throughout the event’s three games.
  — Varun Shankar, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
• Now, most heirs must deplete the account within 10 years.
  — Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com, 1 Aug. 2020
• Rosehip is our weapon against those free radicals that deplete and dull the skin.
  — Laurie Brookins, Robb Report, 3 July 2021
• 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
• That early onslaught of demand will deplete the supply of homes for sale.
  — From Staff and Wire Reports, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2022
• In New York City, the virus has depleted the law enforcement workforce.
  — Dallas News, 3 Apr. 2020
• Still, the warnings that mandates would deplete the ranks and lead to chaos are not exactly playing out.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2021
• That will likely deplete the battery faster, but not to worry: It can be fully recharged in around two hours.
  — Kyle Schnitzer, Robb Report, 17 Feb. 2022
• That defeats the purpose of a trust, somewhat, because the trustee would also have to deplete the IRA within 10 years.
  — Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com, 1 Aug. 2020
• Knowledge begets knowledge and does not deplete when used.
  — Dimitri Zenghelis, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
• Since then, she’s been forced to deplete the money from her savings account that’s running out soon.
  — Jessica Menton, USA TODAY, 13 July 2020
• The setting sun will leave Blue Ghost without a power source, and its batteries will slowly deplete as the dark night deepens.
  — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
• But there are too many lulls between these high points, the energy depleted even more by a lighting design that keeps the action too often submerged in shadow.
  — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 12 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Jan 2025