Sapping

Sapping demand for safe assets was some optimism that a debt-swap deal could be reached to avoid a potentially disorderly default by Greece.

Bonds Suffer Bruising Week Min Zeng 2012

Sapping even more momentum from the protests, the violence overshadowed what world leaders -- and many movement leaders -- considered real accomplishments.

First Blood 2007

"Sapping our soul" may not have been exactly what he said.

Bush says the war is "sapping our soul." Ann Althouse 2007

· The Sapping the Taxpayers Award for $6.3 million for wood utilization research.

From On High 2005

His screech and vigorous Sapping of brown and gray wings announced his arrival.

Gentle Warrior Garwood, Julie 1985

They loved the Sapping of her sail and the creaking noise she made.

The Adventurous Four Again Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1973

QUOTATION: Sapping a solemn creed with solemn sneer.

Quotations 1919

[Sidenote: Sapping operations.] [Sidenote: Assault made in three directions.]

World's War Events, Vol. I 1902

"Sapping a solemn creed with solemn sneer," were believed by Cartwright and his contemporaries to be mere contrivances of Satan for the ensnaring of immortal souls.

Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective 1874

American Judges Must Bench Their Rule-Of-Law Sapping Empathy Chip Mellor, 08.03.11, 04:00 PM EDT ''Legal realism'' fosters rule of man over rule of law.

Forbes.com: News Chip Mellor 2011