wore out
Example Sentences
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When my home-recorded cassette of the Christmas singles wore out, I was always on the lookout for a replacement, and eventually, the internet provided.
From Salon • Dec. 23, 2025
The prosecution said: "Her body just simply wore out."
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2023
And that’s like my greatest memory, is spending, I think it was the month of August, that we just kind of wore out the carpet and came up with gags.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2023
McDermott suggested his team maybe just wore out.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2022
I’ll tell you one thing that Father has sure wore out bad: his old green swivel rocker in the living room of our house where we live in Bethlehem, Georgia.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
