outstay
Example Sentences
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Not so with “Burt,” the movie equivalent of a cherry sour drop on a day when you need something a little tart, a tad sweet and that won’t outstay its welcome.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
"The worst thing you can do with a comedy is to outstay your welcome."
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2024
It's probably the most TikTok-ified record on the Mercury shortlist, full of vibey, impressionistic songs that drip with addictive hooks and never outstay their welcome.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2023
“I didn’t want to outstay my welcome,” he said on a recent video call, from the study of his home in Portland, Ore., a black-and-white diptych of the playwright Samuel Beckett behind him.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2023
I’ve got two weeks here—I need to make absolutely sure I don’t outstay my welcome.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
