petered (out)

past tense of peter (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for petered (out)
Verb
  • Etan vanished near his New York City home more than four decades ago.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 22 June 2026
  • Zafar Mawani and Guillermo Ortiz vanished on May 20 after reportedly leaving their home near Mexico City to buy a chair lift for Mawani's ailing mother.
    Charlie De Mar, CBS News, 20 June 2026
Verb
  • The transmission gave out halfway home, and the car finished the trip on a U-Haul trailer.
    Jay Caruso, The Washington Examiner, 19 June 2026
  • With every purchase, the stores gave out BTS THE CITY ARIRANG socks, which Gallegos proudly gives credit to his daughters for the idea.
    Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • Whether the earnout actually paid out or quietly evaporated.
    Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • Estimates of how much of the Central Oregon Irrigation District’s water leaked or evaporated from its canals are based on the district’s 2022 Water Management Conservation Plan, its 2016 System Improvement Plan and state water right records.
    Emily Cureton Cook, ProPublica, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • But over the 99 minutes of gameplay, some of those similarities fell away.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • In response to the crisis, health policy and regulatory barriers that had long limited telemedicine fell away almost overnight.
    Iyesatta Massaquoi Emeli, STAT, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • The conditions were wet and and slippery at first, but the rain appears to have tapered off now.
    NBC News, NBC news, 28 June 2026
  • And several of the unflattering stats have tapered off a ton this last year, including sacks taken (27 in 2025, down from 62 in 2023).
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2026
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“Petered (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petered%20%28out%29. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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