wear out
Example Sentences
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Companies include depreciation in their earnings because eventually their fixed assets will wear out or become obsolete.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Style tip: Trench coats never truly go out of style, so you can be sure if you invest in one that you'll certainly get enough wear out of it.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025
“At some point, you wear out your welcome,” she said.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 22, 2025
Roads, schools and parks will wear out and need to be repaired, replaced or updated.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025
“We’ll wear out forty cents worth of shoe leather,” Claudia mumbled.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
