Examples of burned-out in a Sentence
I'm feeling so burned-out that I can't wait for vacation
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Fear challenged that faith as the family walked past more corpses and burned-out houses.
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Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
While young people reportedly feel burnt-out by dating apps, Strava’s Year in Sport: Trend Report last year reported a 59% increase in running club participation globally in 2024.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Many are tired of seeing their generation framed as burnt-out or irrelevant.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
With so much pressure to parent perfectly, many parents feel burnt-out trying to adhere too strictly to gentle parenting practices, according to Pezalla’s research.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
At thirty-three, he was burned-out on making commercials for a living and wanted to commit to a career in film.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
Cut to six years later, and Deadpool is in the middle of a burned-out nowhere digging up Wolverine, who is now a mere skeleton.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 23 July 2024
When the cure is worse than the affliction, when horses are physically and psychologically burned-out before their bodies are even fully mature, these animals are sending a powerful message that those in racing don’t want to hear.
—Kathy Guillermo, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
Drone video later showed cars littering a nearby road, some of them burned-out.
—Anna Schecter, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2023
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Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
While young people reportedly feel burnt-out by dating apps, Strava’s Year in Sport: Trend Report last year reported a 59% increase in running club participation globally in 2024.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Many are tired of seeing their generation framed as burnt-out or irrelevant.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
With so much pressure to parent perfectly, many parents feel burnt-out trying to adhere too strictly to gentle parenting practices, according to Pezalla’s research.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 22 May 2025
At thirty-three, he was burned-out on making commercials for a living and wanted to commit to a career in film.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
Cut to six years later, and Deadpool is in the middle of a burned-out nowhere digging up Wolverine, who is now a mere skeleton.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 23 July 2024
When the cure is worse than the affliction, when horses are physically and psychologically burned-out before their bodies are even fully mature, these animals are sending a powerful message that those in racing don’t want to hear.
—Kathy Guillermo, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
Drone video later showed cars littering a nearby road, some of them burned-out.
—Anna Schecter, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2023
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“Burned-out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burned-out. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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