out of gas
Example Sentences
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"If it continues like this for a few more days, we will run out of gas in our kitchens and have to return to our villages," Shakuntala says.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 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
I don’t know if he’s out of gas, has a busted radiator, flat tires or is suffering from dementia.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
He felt it had creatively run out of gas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
He never had a blown tire, never ran out of gas and needed twelve grinning raggle-tailed boys to help him push it up a hill or over to a curb.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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