conk

Example Sentences

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"Having to go out in the dark every time the generator conked out."

From BBC

The food van that conked out at Del Rosario’s house was from Revolution Foods, one of the vendors in the city’s delivery program.

From Los Angeles Times

But my pacemaker battery was running low, and what if it conked out in the middle of an extraction?

From Los Angeles Times

The stairs abruptly ended in a solid wall of ice, a wall he plowed right into, smacking his head against it with a loud conk.

From Literature

I had to replace an air conditioner motor that just couldn’t keep up and conked out.

From Scientific American