burn out

Example Sentences

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

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

While the aging populations’ healthcare needs rise, hospitals are looking for ways to deal with persistent worker shortages that can burn out clinicians and delay care.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

A major wildfire in Greece continues to burn out of control in eastern Crete, after breaking out on Wednesday afternoon in rugged forested terrain near the municipality of Ierapetra.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

In transit, bedsheets, scraps of paper, even Bibles are lit on fire and used to burn out roaches crawling through cracks and hiding in the crevices.

From Slate • May 19, 2025

“So,” Dad said, “when the sun starts to burn out and Earth turns cold, everyone here might want to move to Venus to get warm. And they’ll have to get permission from your descendants first.”

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls