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petered out

ADJECTIVE

tired

Synonyms

STRONGEST

annoyed bored distressed drained exasperated fatigued irritated overworked sleepy stale

STRONG

beat collapsing consumed drooping empty enervated fagged faint finished flagging irked jaded overtaxed prostrated spent wasted worn

WEAK

all in asleep broken-down burned out dead dead on one's feet dog-tired done for done in droopy drowsy fed up haggard narcoleptic played-out pooped run down sick of tuckered out worn-out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

energized lively

STRONG

fresh saved

WEAK

fired up invigorated refreshed rested

Example Sentences

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Things only got more absurd as the exchanges between the chairman and the nominee petered out.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2026

Although hiring petered out, businesses cut relatively few jobs and layoffs remained near a record low.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026

However the protests appear for now to have petered out in the face of what activists describe as a crackdown under the cover of a blanket internet shutdown.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

At dusk, people went to their balconies and rooftops to chant God is greatest, as their parents had against the Shah, until that petered out too.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

The visit to Dessie might carry its charge into two days more before it petered out and the little headaches came back and business was not so good as last year.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

petered out

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