conked

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2024

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

From Scientific American • Sep. 8, 2023

Gat’s train started to stutter midway through, and by the end, even the dancers’ joyful twirls and smiles couldn’t disguise that it had conked out.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2022

The man Frank had gone to meet, a stocky dude in his twenties with his hair conked, asked him who I was, and Frank said I was just a friend.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers