run out of gas

Example Sentences

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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

"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

He felt it had creatively run out of gas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

Rory McIlroy made a dart with five back-nine birdies in a row, only to run out of gas, finding water at the 15th from the middle of the fairway just 130 yards out.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2024

Like they never run out of gas in the car and can’t fill it up.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden