tuckering (out)

present participle of tucker (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tuckering (out)
Verb
  • And while temperatures continue to drop, the breezy ripped jeans have also found a fan in Rihanna, who’s already been spotted wearing the same pair twice.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
  • By contrast, Taylor put a spin on camouflage, wearing a piece from KidSuper’s fall 2025 collection, which made its runway debut in January curated by the brand’s founder Colm Dillane.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Investigators would soon discover a disturbing truth that Daniel had been impersonating a boyfriend Kristil had as a teenager for months, terrorizing his own family before ultimately killing his wife.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Defense attorneys for the man accused of killing his Miami Hurricanes football star teammate in 2006 want prosecutors sanctioned — or the murder case dismissed — after a key witness, who state prosecutors believed was dead, was found alive by an ESPN reporter.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Novak Djokovic, Daniil Medvedev, and Carlos Alcaraz skipped the event in Canada after exhausting schedules.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The second stage was able to regain attitude control and managed to climb to a peak altitude of 198 miles (320 kilometers) before exhausting its fuel.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • So people shouldn’t swim against the current, which puts them at risk of tiring out.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Many top performers are burning out not from overwork alone, but from the emotional toll of never feeling allowed to stop striving.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Last month, Philadelphia had code orange air quality alerts thanks to wildfires burning out of control in Canada.
    Michael E. Mann, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And some vaccines are combination shots, knocking out three or four diseases with one injection, such as the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine or the Diphtheria, tetanus, & acellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The damaging winds uprooted trees and tore roof shingles in neighborhoods around Carmichael, knocking out power to more than 13,000 SMUD customers in Sacramento’s northeast suburbs.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This past winter, the overhaul included the loss of Gleyber Torres, who was a two-time All-Star with the Yankees before refusing to move off of second base to accommodate Chisholm and eventually wearing out his welcome in the Bronx.
    Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This indicated that some fluid was washing out lutetium from rocks on the asteroid.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Brightness is stunning, colors pop naturally, and dark scenes stay detailed without washing out, which proves to be great for movie nights or gaming marathons.
    Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Tuckering (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tuckering%20%28out%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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