With the public payroll bloated with 200,000 government employees, nearly all affiliated with Mr. Frutos's Colorado Party, the country's finances are draining fast.

He walked for twenty minutes, until her feet were screaming and her initial rush of excitement was draining fast.

My kick-work was weak now; the strength was draining from my arms fast.

These washes drain fast.

They've got a tractor lock, and our shields are draining fast.

His strength was draining from him fast, but he did not re- lent.

"What you seek-" she said, the energy fast draining from her as it always did when she had made such an effort, "lies there."

The internecine squabbles within the Indian nation were forgotten as rival civil factions united and turned to face the common threat, but by that time the country's cohesive power was draining fast.

There were tears of pain in Luke's eyes as these words hurt his throat so much, and Kady saw that his energy was draining fast.

Krisha got hold of herself, but the color was draining fast from her face.