conk

Example Sentences

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“I can lie down on the bed and conk out in a second,” she said.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2023

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

Everybody understood that my head had to stay kinky awhile longer, to grow long enough for Shorty to conk it for me.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey