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

Apple won’t say how many months of use or charge cycles AirPod batteries can withstand, but some owners have reported they conk out as soon as 18 months.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2019

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

My conk and whole costume were so wild that I might have been taken as a man from Mars.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey