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ran out
verb as in fail, be exhausted
Example Sentences
I ran out of questions to ask, I asked where he lived, and he started mumbling, and then he told me the story.
Back at police headquarters, Chief of Police Michael Floore Sr. ran out of the detective bureau, barking into a walkie talkie.
But the car ran out of gas, and de Merode had to fish out $20 for it to refuel.
It got so I would go as far as possible on one phrase until I ran out of ideas.
The most accepted theory is that it was flying normally at cruise height until it ran out of gas.
Shopkeepers ran out of their shops, housewives craned over their balconies to listen to him.
Immediately every man in the place, including women and children, ran out to meet them.
Or the Twins would smile and continue their play, for they could not understand why the water ran out of people's eyes.
They had almost reached the sawyer's cottage, when a black animal ran out towards them.
His eyes alight with hope, he ran out, leaving the door open so that his conversation was again audible to the visitor.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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