burn out

Example Sentences

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The alternative isn’t great, either: You stay in a miserable job and burn out before you’re 30.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

A specialist carried out an ultrasound but "couldn't diagnose it from that," she said, "but she had enough evidence to suggest surgery the next day to one, diagnose and two, burn out the tissue".

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

“Otherwise, you’ll burn out and abandon it altogether.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

“They either burn out or they get dropped,” Stewart says.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

A table stood by the door, where a heavy-set man scratched away on a piece of paper, his work lit by a half- dozen candle stubs that would soon burn out.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson