wore-out

[ wawr-out, wohr- ]

adjective

, Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.

1. worn-out.

Example Sentences

In a study in which participants wore out their leg muscles with squats, researchers compared the effects of using heat wraps right after exercising or 24 hours later.

From Seattle Times

The prosecution said: "Her body just simply wore out."

From BBC

In the 19th century, the German biologist August Weismann argued that the machinery of life inevitably wore out with time.

From New York Times

When his welcome at Yale wore out, he duplicated the feat at Harvard.

From Los Angeles Times

And that’s like my greatest memory, is spending, I think it was the month of August, that we just kind of wore out the carpet and came up with gags.”

From Los Angeles Times