conk

Example Sentences

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It could be the cells in the body reach a critical number of mutations and then conk out.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2022

Apple won’t say how many months of use or charge cycles AirPod batteries can withstand, but some owners have reported they conk out as soon as 18 months.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2019

They’d be fairly likely to conk out from boredom before the 5-year-old pilots in.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2018

His flamboyant conk is now steely gray, slicked back over his thinning crown.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2018

There was only one other fourteen-year-old in the neighborhood who had a conk.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis