tired out

Example Sentences

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A 6 July letter from high-ranking congressman Jamie Raskin was made public on Thursday, where the Maryland representative compared the president to a baseball pitcher whose arm has "tired out".

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024

“It’s like another way of socializing, but you can use muscles that haven’t been tired out in the same way,” he said.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2022

“I mean, I was a little oblivious to what was going on. I was dead tired out there, just grinding and trying to do my best to stop them,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2022

In addition, the earliest years are a stressful period in which parents, especially poorer mothers, are worked to the bone or simply tired out by their kids.

From Slate • Sep. 2, 2020

When they tired out, they stood on tiptoe beyond where the waves broke, jumping gently and letting the water carry them up and down.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart