The constant physical drain was telling on them all.
Also this central banking mechanism is a constant drain on society.
Not only were stone castles expensive to build in the first place, but their maintenance was a constant drain.
Maintenance was a constant drain on them and could not be ignored even now.
With the constant drain on their numbers, producing was important.
The constant drain of Threadfall was having a devastating effect on supplies and resources.
It would be like a constant drain of information.
He been waiting for her, eager to collapse the Gate which was a constant drain on him.
The churchyard continues to be 'a constant drain on church finances'.
"I, for one, have never been reconciled to this constant drain on the Ship's mass."