tuckered out

Example Sentences

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Labs are happiest in an active household, but when they’re tuckered out, prepare yourself for a cuddle fest — and to be amazed at how much space one dog can take up in your bed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2025

Meanwhile, Daenerys Targaryen, the most anime of all Game of Thrones characters, is off who-knows-where with Drogon, who is understandably tuckered out after their great escape.

From The Verge • Jun. 16, 2015

Because Chloe gets pretty tuckered out walking long distances, she rode in the stroller from place to place and walked in her walker when we got to our destination.

From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2015

But by the time it was reincarnated as a short-lived musical in 1979, “Mama” looked plumb tuckered out, a sticky-sweet relic in an age obsessed with more dysfunctional domesticity.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2014

We were tuckered out, as my mother would say.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver