run out of gas

Example Sentences

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Somewhere in Illinois, he realized that he was going to run out of gas, so he pulled over to the side of the road to try to find the nearest TransAm-approved station.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

"They claimed that we would run out of gas -- that is simply impossible," Minister of Economic Affairs Kung Ming-hsin said in a Facebook video published March 9.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

That does not mean India will run out of gas overnight.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

He felt it had creatively run out of gas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

We have to backtrack a little farther than we would like to find the accessway to the street, and I’m just happy the truck hasn’t run out of gas yet.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman