She had almost felt drained by the intensity of his need.

And she felt drained by the certainty that he was gone.

In some of their talk the Shah had seemed drained by events.

His confidence, so high when he spoke at the meeting, was draining away by the moment.

He let go a small gasp, drained by the effort of so much speech.

Then he saw that single burst had drained the weapons charge by twenty percent.

Working at a daytime job to make ends meet often left him drained by the time he could approach his canvas.

It went bankrupt in January 1988, drained by the reactor.

Then abruptly his voice faltered, drained by the use to which he had put it.

But she felt drained by bad dreams and doubt.