How to Use "sap" with Example Sentences

1. But even a smaller increase would sap growth and raise inflation .
2. So things that sap our energy are likely to hinder our intellectual growth .
3. But delay would sap confidence , a crucial condition for sustained economic recovery .
4. Such fissures opening up at the top can only sap the prime minister 's popularity .
5. 1848 : John curtis created the first american packaged gum using spruce sap .