burns out

present tense third-person singular of burn out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for burns out
Verb
  • In the campaign, the modern Godfather of Autotune wears lab goggles and red & blue layered button-downs under a crisp white scientist coat while holding up the boot.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This directly helped inspire the flesh masks that Leatherface wears in the Chainsaw films.
    Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In Monster, viewers briefly spot Henry while Ed kills George and spends time with Augusta.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The couple who kills together doesn’t necessarily stay together, as this movie posits in a twisted fashion.
    Vanessa Maki, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Instead of gradually boiling into insanity, the film hits fever pitch hallucinations right away and quickly exhausts itself attempting to keep pace.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Many market observers are urging investors to rebalance their portfolios, while also acknowledging there could be further upside before the AI rally exhausts itself.
    Sean Conlon,Sarah Min, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Additional motorsport-style heave dampers act to suppress squat and dive, giving the bespoke Pirelli Trofeo R tires a fighting chance of relaying 1,257 ft lbs of torque to the road.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • As Stahl said, anytime there’s a reckless driver, the emergency pipeline collapses and knocks out water flow to the entire area.
    Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Most indoor plants are watered from the top until the water drains from the pot through the drainage holes.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Watch for when the sun hits different sections of your garden, how water drains after a heavy rain, and what critters (large and small) like to stop by for a visit.
    Mike Irvine, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Burns out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burns%20out. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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