run out of gas
Example Sentences
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"If we have a really sharp cold spell, then there is conceivably the possibility that we'll run out of gas and have to switch industry off... our storage is not full," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Somewhere in Illinois, he realized that he was going to run out of gas, so he pulled over to the side of the road to try to find the nearest TransAm-approved station.
From Slate ● May 13, 2026
Cheetahs are action-packed, but run out of gas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
"They claimed that we would run out of gas -- that is simply impossible," Minister of Economic Affairs Kung Ming-hsin said in a Facebook video published March 9.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
We have to backtrack a little farther than we would like to find the accessway to the street, and I’m just happy the truck hasn’t run out of gas yet.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
