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
In a study in which participants wore out their leg muscles with squats, researchers compared the effects of using heat wraps right after exercising or 24 hours later.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024
The prosecution said: "Her body just simply wore out."
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2023
Back when L.A. history was a joke and not a major, Winter and Gebhard wore out several sets of whitewalls researching their immortal guide.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2023
“Let me haul this bundle for you, Hiram. We’s walkin’ a ways to get to the good fishin’ hole, and you’re so little, you’d get wore out carryin’ this load the whole way.”
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
