Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for petered (out)
Verb
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On February 9, 1960, 44-year-old Adolph Coors III, the grandson of the company’s founder, vanished.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Feb. 2026 -
Moreover, the traditional 22-episode season has all but vanished, with modern audiences often receiving little more than half that number.—
Scott Snowden,
Space.com,
15 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But when the club’s heat gave out, Pangle worried that the subfreezing temperatures would damage their piano, without which, Pangle and Small don’t have a livelihood.—
Margaret Littman,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2026
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On Friday the men ventured farther out than usual — about a football field’s length from the shore — when the ice gave out.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
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There’s mofawer, also known as mufawar, brewed coffee rich with spices and evaporated or condensed milk; and qishr, a tea-like, low-caffeine drink steeped with coffee cherry husks, cinnamon and ginger.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
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Stir in wine; cook until evaporated.—
Faye Levy,
Oc Register,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Nuñez joined DeSantis for the unveiling, with the two standing on opposite sides of the covered statue before the shroud fell away.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
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Diderot was fierce about that, but with the end of the French Enlightenment, the Encyclopédie completely fell away.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The questions about the interceptions have tapered off with his high schoolers.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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Things tapered off down the stretch.—
D. Orlando Ledbetter,
AJC.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Petered (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/petered%20%28out%29. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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