conk
Example Sentences
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Current models say the birds should conk out after three or four days, yet they fly for more than a week.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
It could be the cells in the body reach a critical number of mutations and then conk out.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2022
Good grief — how are we supposed to figure out which products won’t conk out, spy on us or let in hackers?
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2019
They’d be fairly likely to conk out from boredom before the 5-year-old pilots in.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2018
I hold fast to the sides of Shorty’s cousin’s kitchen table, crazily contemplating whether the fire of a conk could lead a man to splinter wood with his fingernails.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
