Examples of 'petered out' in a sentence
Meaning of "petered out"
To gradually decrease or fade away, often referring to a situation, activity, or interest losing momentum or becoming less successful
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- simple past tense and past participle of peter out
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The process of reform has petered out.
The reef petered out somewhere around here.
But then he just kind of petered out.
The game petered out on the sixth day.
His career as an actor slowly petered out.
And it sort of petered out and that was it.
Eventually the conspiracy trails 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.
The lode has petered out.
It petered out.
It was a long time before they finally petered out.
Many more proposals petered out for vague reasons.
Quickly the success of the revolutionaries petered out.
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Thereafter the doctrine petered out as a form of mystical agnosticism.
Eventually the magic petered out.
Four petered out.
In the event most of these organisations petered out.
Analog tape in production petered out over a decade ago.
The great campaign for world conquest petered out.
Speaking of which my story kinda petered out without me learning a lesson.
Looks like your lucky streak just 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.
And then the word of mouth just that weekend petered out.
Revolution petered out.
Your contractions were not regular and they seem to have petered out.
Growth of solar energy production has petered out due to cuts in subsidy.
The incipient recovery discernible at the beginning of the year thus petered out.
That was before the theaters petered out because of TV.
There is every reason to believe that the advance would have petered out.
The Junta offensive has petered out in most areas.
I hope it still will be possible to do that when the pandemic has petered out.
Blac Chyna has literally petered out and decided to leave everything.
One time this gallery looked promising but the coal seams petered out.
The threat petered out when the Gallic allies fell out and fought among themselves.
Such an active and evil imagination arabs would have petered out and got lost.
It just petered out with Francesca.
But this had died out and the tin mining had petered out as well.
Then, it petered out onto a steep embankment.
The religious wars in Germany gradually petered out.
That attack, it just petered out like it did not matter.
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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
