Sample Sentences for
deplete
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    His problem was that black paint was normally used more as a mixer, to darken other colors, and it was soon depleted and hard to find.  (source)
    depleted = use up without having been replaced
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    Louie was disturbed to see how the years of worry had depleted his brother.  (source)
    depleted = drained (of energy)
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    It had become, in a very real way, a wealthy home, even though Morrie's bank account was rapidly depleting.  (source)
    depleting = being used up
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    After each meal Marilla carried a well-filled tray to the east gable and brought it down later on not noticeably depleted.  (source)
    depleted = used up
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    It didn't matter if the subject was legalization of marijuana, reinstating the death penalty, or the oil-depletion allowance.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    He doesn't like depleting the stockpile.†  (source)
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    I'm dying to drink the rest, but I can't deplete his supply, too.†  (source)
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    No unusual energy emissions or depletions.†  (source)
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    No one in the cabins (as far as he could tell) had ever done more than scratch their heads at their depleted larder.  (source)
    depleted = used up without having been replaced
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    But Mortenson, stung by the quick depletion of his stack of rupees every time he paid another deposit, insisted on economizing.†  (source)
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    You have been willfully depleting the stock of which I am in charge.†  (source)
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    Hannah's claims are acceptable in her neighborhood because they are nonfinancial and nonthreatening; she does not disturb or deplete family resources.†  (source)
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    …which is preferable — to walk around all your life swollen up with your own secrets until you burst from the pressure of them, or to have them sucked out of you, every paragraph, every sentence, every word of them, so at the end you're depleted of all that was once as precious to you as…  (source)
    depleted = drained
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