as in to wear
to use up all the physical energy of
keeping up with twin toddlers wears me out
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Recent Examples of wear out
The 38-year-old Democrat wore out the first three knocking on doors to convince voters in the Northern Virginia suburbs to send him to Capitol Hill.
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Brian Bennett, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025
State lawmakers and local officials from around Illinois also have worn out the paths to prison cells over the decades.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Vincent is the son of said widow, Martine (Catherine Frot), and past jealousies resurface, leading to possible murder, as Jérémie wears out his welcome with the group.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Feb. 2025
While slumbering in this washable silk number is akin to sleeping on satin sheets, this button-up top can get just as much wear out of the house.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2025
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Brian Bennett, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025
State lawmakers and local officials from around Illinois also have worn out the paths to prison cells over the decades.
—Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Vincent is the son of said widow, Martine (Catherine Frot), and past jealousies resurface, leading to possible murder, as Jérémie wears out his welcome with the group.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Feb. 2025
While slumbering in this washable silk number is akin to sleeping on satin sheets, this button-up top can get just as much wear out of the house.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wear out
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The team’s primary kit will remain the red jersey and shorts worn last season, with teal socks.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
28 Feb. 2025
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Religious sisters join them, wearing a variety of habits that signal their order, as well as bishops and archbishops.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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Using archival newspaper reports and interviews with a local historian, here’s a blow-by-blow recreation of the Ashley Gang’s demise — from Sept. 12, 1924, the day of the Bank of Pompano robbery, to Nov. 1, 1924, the day police killed the gangsters.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2025
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But as the pandemic progressed, killing hundreds of thousands of people around the world, Cuomo’s response also faced intense scrutiny over a controversial directive to transfer recovering Covid-19 patients back to nursing homes.—
Gloria Pazmino,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2025
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This is crucial for ensuring your hands don’t tire out, even during longer cooking sessions.—
Jessica Kanzler,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2025
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The rump can withstand bites, scratches and other forms of attack effectively, until the predator tires out and moves on.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
13 Dec. 2024
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But by 2011, they were exhausted by seven solid years of touring and recording.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2025
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In this fractured reality, audiences may be exhausted but every human still needs truth, for stories that inspire, for narratives that unite through identification rather than division.—
Bing Chen,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
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Fudd then drained her first 3-pointer after an 0-for-2 start, and Strong followed her up with four straight points off another pair of Marquette turnovers.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2025
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That fall and winter, constant power outages and air-raid alerts left them drained and on edge.—
Michael Holtz,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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But as those 15 incandescent can lights have burned out, they’ve been replaced with LED bulbs, which don’t match the light of the previous ones at all.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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But why? Many professionals retire as a reaction—burned out from the demands of their industry, frustrated with bureaucracy, or simply tired.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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“Wear out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wear%20out. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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