Examples of 'petered' in a sentence
Meaning of "petered"
peter (verb): To diminish or decrease gradually. It is commonly used in the expression 'peter out' to describe something slowly coming to an end or fading away
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- simple past tense and past participle of peter
How to use "petered" in a sentence
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The process of reform has petered out.
The reef petered out somewhere around here.
You are what marshaling has petered down to.
The game petered out on the sixth day.
But then he just kind of petered out.
And it sort of petered out and that was it.
His career as an actor slowly petered out.
It petered out before the midterms.
The friendship kind of petered out there.
My interest petered out around the second wing of the mansion.
Eventually the conspiracy trails petered out.
Many more proposals petered out for vague reasons.
It was a long time before they finally petered out.
Thereafter the doctrine petered out as a form of mystical agnosticism.
Eventually the magic petered out.
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Four petered out.
Quickly the success of the revolutionaries petered out.
Analog tape in production petered out over a decade ago.
In the event most of these organisations petered out.
I heard your econ class petered because the professor left.
Looks like your lucky streak just petered out.
Speaking of which my story kinda petered out without me learning a lesson.
The great campaign for world conquest petered out.
It petered out.
The lode has petered out.
The incipient recovery discernible at the beginning of the year thus petered out.
I would be fine if mine had petered already out though.
Your contractions were not regular and they seem to have petered out.
Revolution petered out.
And then the word of mouth just that weekend petered out.
The attack slowly petered out and failed to retake the airfield.
The rain quickly petered out.
The surge in exports petered out after a broadly positive first quarter.
The summer blockbusters have all but petered out.
The dip in global trade petered out in spring and the situation stabilised.
I know our book club seems to have petered out.
But the efforts of this committee petered out and came to no conrete conclusion.
After two more days the fighting finally petered out.
These plots petered out after Bevin refused to cooperate.
Growth of solar energy production has petered out due to cuts in subsidy.
There is every reason to believe that the advance would have petered out.
That was before the theaters petered out because of TV.
I hope it still will be possible to do that when the pandemic has petered out.
The Junta offensive has petered out in most areas.
One time this gallery looked promising but the coal seams petered out.
Blac Chyna has literally petered out and decided to leave everything.
Such an active and evil imagination arabs would have petered out and got lost.
The Mirage petered in the fourth set and on the solo track existed Nole.
But this had died out and the tin mining had petered out as well.
The threat petered out when the Gallic allies fell out and fought among themselves.
