How to Use sap in a Sentence

sap

1 of 2 verb

• This book is about the larger things that sap our grace.
  — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2022
• Higher rates tend to sap the earnings power of tech stocks in years ahead.
  — Larry Light, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2022
• In time, this could sap some of the primary market’s strength.
  — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
• If rates stay there or climb higher, that could sap demand enough to send prices down.
  — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
• Or has the party’s Trump-era realignment sapped them of some of their power?
  — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2023
• But the ambiguity about the future of the show also sapped some power from the episode.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 31 May 2023
• Bad cell service or a weak Wi-Fi connection can sap the magic.
  — Alex Harring, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
• Be a lady' meant don't give way to emotions that sap your energy, like anger.
  — CBS News, 20 Sep. 2020
• Find out how these energy busters sap your drive — and learn how to re-energize your life.
  — Tehrene Firman, Redbook, 20 Oct. 2017
• While a big spender can sap your ability to save, divorce isn't cheap either.
  — David Rae, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2021
• The rapid rise quickly sapped buyer borrowing power and caused home prices to fall.
  — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
• Months of deprivation had sapped people’s wills to fight on.
  — Ivan Nechepurenko Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• Even the rise of low-cost fast ferries to Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard has sapped demand from people who used to fly to the islands.
  — Beth Treffeisen, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
• Conway says the swathe of Griselda biters sapped his enthusiasm for his craft.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 5 May 2023
• Weeks of freezing temperatures and now the onset of the mud season have sapped their strength, soldiers said.
  — Carlotta Gall Daniel Berehulak, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2023
• Those strikes have left millions without power, as Moscow seeks to sap the morale of Ukrainian civilians as the winter sets in.
  — Thomas Grove, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2022
• Elliott’s health, knee and calf injuries the last three seasons sapped him of his abilities as an elite runner.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2023
• Eight-game conference losing streaks can sap the will of veteran teams.
  — Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2023
• My six-month-old son saps all my energy but also steels my resolve to protect it.
  — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2024
• But the challenges haven’t sapped this community’s joy.
  — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
• The rookie missed a 43-yard attempt on the first play of the second quarter, however, sapping the Rams’ momentum.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2023
• Plus, the government spending cuts that will be part of any deal will sap the economy’s momentum.
  — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 27 May 2023
• The vision of a dark future where robots sap up jobs is a common refrain in journalism.
  — James Vincent, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2023
• But those platforms can get quite crowded, which tends to sap that special feeling of breathing in and connecting to a new place, and to the people who live there.
  — Mercedes Bleth, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2023
• With yields of more than 4%, money-market funds have sapped up more than $300 billion of cash as depositors flee banks.
  — Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 5 Apr. 2023
• Ian may not be a major hurricane by that point, because forecasters think wind shear and dry air may help sap its strength.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 26 Sep. 2022
• Oil prices dropped sharply, with investors concerned that surging Covid cases and protests in China may sap demand from one of the world’s largest oil consumers.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 29 Nov. 2022
• In addition, the winter has been a fairly mild one, frustrating the Kremlin’s effort to sap morale by leaving Ukrainians in the cold and dark.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2023
• Years of attrition had sapped the agency’s expertise at analyzing the complex finances of the 1%.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• The Colorado — long viewed as a water lifeline for the West — has been sapped by drought, overuse and climate change, and California and six other states are in tense negotiations about how to permanently cut back.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024

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sap

2 of 2 noun

• Pulque is a drink made from the milky sap of agave plants.
  — Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 22 Feb. 2022
• In 2023 The scent of pine tree sap can be a problem too.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• This plant shows signs of an insect sucking on the sap of the plant.
  — oregonlive, 5 Feb. 2023
• The bird gets the sap from wells drilled in trees by woodpeckers.
  — Megan Oster, chicagotribune.com, 24 Mar. 2021
• The bark has many bubbles in it that contains the tree’s sap, which is flammable.
  — Jim Baird, Field & Stream, 28 June 2023
• Every part of it can be dangerous to pets and people, from the sap to the roots.
  — Medgina Saint-Elien, House Beautiful, 7 July 2023
• There’s even some wood sap and ginger in there to round it out with a little zip.
  — Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 28 June 2023
• In the late-night darkness of June, the smell of waterlogged grass and tree sap mingled with the smell of food waste.
  — Han Kang, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
• This plant has a milky-white sap that can irritate skin.
  — Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, 9 Mar. 2023
• The name of the drink could refer to toddy, a south Asian beverage made with palm sap and lime.
  — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2021
• The sap of cow parship can cause rashes or burns when exposed to skin.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Aug. 2021
• The plant has a white milky sap that was used to treat pain in many Latin American cultures.
  — Chelsea Hylton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• The sap from the plant’s leaves and stems may cause highly sensitive people to break out in a rash.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2023
• Turns out, only one guy in the ancient German town of Kempten knows the recipe for the special tug-of-war sap.
  — Joseph Goodman, al, 14 July 2022
• Someone was trying to kill me, and this poor sap got it instead!
  — Vulture, 23 Dec. 2022
• The leaves do have a milky sap that can cause a rash in some people if they are exposed to it, but the plants are not poisonous.
  — Janet B. Carson, arkansasonline.com, 11 Dec. 2023
• Another note, pines are prone to bleeding out a lot of messy sap when pruned.
  — oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2021
• Sorry to be a sap, but the final brilliant part of the story is love itself.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 16 June 2021
• At all stages of life, the insects suck the sap from as many as 70 plant species, especially fruit trees.
  — Mike Snider and Scott Fallon, USA TODAY, 18 June 2022
• This is because cicadas eat the sap from trees and slicing into them to lay their eggs.
  — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Jan. 2024
• But with hardened sap — and even fresh sap from pines — this probably won’t be enough.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
• The invasive insects will suck the sap from more than 70 plant species, but prefer the tree of heaven as their host.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2021
• With no tree sap sapping the fun out of their date, Gabi stages a blind maple syrup taste test for Zach to try a whole array of Vermont's best.
  — Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2023
• But this year’s spring season, during which trees are tapped for their sap, was warmer than normal.
  — Kylie Logan, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2021
• Franks knows the scent of damp earth under plow, the touch of sap on a cold tree, and how to write about men who cannot countenance the wildness of women.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 26 Aug. 2023
• Cut daffodils exude a thick sap that can irritate the skin.
  — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2021
• For the past 17 years, Brood X cicadas have been underground feeding off sap from tree roots.
  — Mina Kaji, ABC News, 9 June 2021
• Holding your bundle of cedar fluff under a sap blister, cut the blister open with your knife and spread the sap onto the fluff.
  — Jim Baird, Field & Stream, 28 June 2023
• Dirty, brownish water flows down streams, and beetles search for sap in the carcasses of trees.
  — Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2023
• This has led to producers throughout the state tapping and cooking sap anywhere from a couple weeks to two months early.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024