wearing out
Example Sentences
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The £26m project they'll be working on this Christmas is one of the biggest scheduled across the country: Hanslope Junction, a crucial part of the West Coast Main Line, which is wearing out.
From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025
With a pot of glue, a blade and a keen eye, Manal al-Saadani repairs tattered banknotes -- a necessity in the Gaza Strip, where the cash in circulation is wearing out.
From Barron's • Nov. 29, 2025
When 85-year-old Jacqueline Page told him she was "wearing out", he told her: "That's the terrible thing I'm discovering. Bits don't work so well when you get past 70."
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025
Whether or not he leaves, Riley is certainly wearing out his welcome here, and he knows it.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2023
Scandalized to see Kit wearing out her finery with scrubbing and cooking, Rachel and Mercy had made her a calico dress exactly the same as Judith’s.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
