tapped out
Example Sentences
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Home with his mother before school, he was drafting a note to a teacher about a bad grade, and in between, he tapped out a few jokes and deleted each one.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Or retailers, which—when they finally stocked their shelves in 2022 after years of pandemic-related shortages—discovered that inflation-weary consumers were tapped out.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Excluding gasoline, sales increased 0.6% month over month, with analysts seeing evidence consumers are not yet tapped out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
The big problem with the latest quarter seemed to be that FanDuel won too many bets, leaving its users tapped out and unable to bet more.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
As snow blew in through cracks in the wall, Haugland tapped out a coded message: the team was intact and healthy, and would now begin scouting the target area and preparing the landing site.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
