tired out

Example Sentences

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A 6 July letter from high-ranking congressman Jamie Raskin was made public on Thursday, where the Maryland representative compared the president to a baseball pitcher whose arm has "tired out".

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024

“It’s like another way of socializing, but you can use muscles that haven’t been tired out in the same way,” he said.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2022

“I mean, I was a little oblivious to what was going on. I was dead tired out there, just grinding and trying to do my best to stop them,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2022

“The angels of Los Angeles / Are tired out from smiling.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2019

He was older now—heavier, his jowls thicker, the whole face tired out, someone who had had too much of all the bad things in life.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez