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 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
  • 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 Spirit was depleted throughout the event’s three games.
    Varun Shankar, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Knowledge begets knowledge and does not deplete when used.
    Dimitri Zenghelis, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • The key for the Cougars will be a pitching after their staff was depleted by injuries during the season.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2024
  • That would deplete their gas, and their ability to escape.
    Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022
  • There are certain ways to spruce up the inside of your home without having to deplete your bank account.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 21 June 2021
  • In depleting the Su-34 fleet, and fast, the Ukrainians deprive the Russians of their best precision bomber.
    David Axe, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • As injuries depleted the field, the four Tokyo Olympians seemed almost surely bound for Paris, leaving one slot to fill.
    Emily Giambalvo, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
  • Over tens of millions of years of these crash impacts, the cluster becomes depleted.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The coal industry departed Jenkins long ago, the reserves depleted, leaving people in search of work.
    Joel Khalili, WIRED, 21 Oct. 2024

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