Petered Sentence Examples

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  • This rain spread into the Midlands and East Anglia during the morning, then gradually petered out.

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  • However, the passage eventually petered out in a narrow rift.

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  • The investigation had finally petered out with no results.

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  • The rising was never finally crushed; it simply petered out.

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  • The flannel suits quickly gained popularity among men, too, and in fact were worn by men well into the twentieth century, while the usage by women had soon petered out.

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