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

But 2-year-olds are old enough to get bored and also have too much energy to conk out easily.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2019

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

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2018

When your appliances conk out, you can save water with Energy Star-rated washers or dishwashers, which use about half as much water.

From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2018

Try not to wonder what he’d think of me now, a high-school dropout with a conk on my head and a white girl in my heart.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz