conked

Example Sentences

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"Having to go out in the dark every time the generator conked out."

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

I had to replace an air conditioner motor that just couldn’t keep up and conked out.

From Scientific American • Sep. 8, 2023

But the ignition on her 2006 Jeep Cherokee recently conked out, and she was told that the part needed was no longer available.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2022

Or as Barris put it, “Our hair is such an important thing because at one point we tried to assimilate. We tried to straighten it, we conked it.”

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2022

When Jinny got back to the cabin, she found Ess had conked out in her absence, tumbled right over on top of the blankets.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder