tired out

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A 6 July letter from high-ranking congressman Jamie Raskin was made public on Thursday, where the Maryland representative compared the president to a baseball pitcher whose arm has "tired out".

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024

“It’s like another way of socializing, but you can use muscles that haven’t been tired out in the same way,” he said.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2022

“I mean, I was a little oblivious to what was going on. I was dead tired out there, just grinding and trying to do my best to stop them,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2022

That protection improved over the course of the game, as USC tired out Notre Dame’s defensive front with tempo changes.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2021

A minute before, I’d been so tired out with my rail splitting that I couldn’t have struck a trot.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson