How to Use tapped out in a Sentence

tapped out

adjective
  • West has nowhere left to go now that CAA has tapped out.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2022
  • If this was a MMA match, the Dolphins lines would have had to tap out.
    Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Nov. 2019
  • John tapped out the beat with his fingers, nodding along and mouthing the lyrics.
    Lauren Caruba, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Tired of the food, homesick, tired of the pressure, a little bit tapped out.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2022
  • By the end of the nine months I was emotionally tapped out.
    Danielle McNally, Marie Claire, 1 Oct. 2018
  • Once the fire was tapped out, crews recovered a dog that died in the fire from inside the home.
    Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Many are tapped out on cooking all their meals at home.
    Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 10 June 2022
  • The school’s drum line taps out an upbeat rhythm, rat-a-tat-tat, rat-a-tat-tat, rat-a-tat-tat.
    San Antonio Express-News, 31 Oct. 2019
  • At the worldwide box office, the film tapped out at $44 million.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Even at the worldwide box office the film tapped out at $44 million.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 6 July 2022
  • Daniel Bryan beat Big Cass for the second straight month, forcing him to tap out once again.
    Aaron Oster, baltimoresun.com, 18 June 2018
  • The office is a suitable place for tapping out emails, but so is the bed, or the toilet.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Two plays earlier, Harris had tapped out of the game to catch his breath.
    BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Albies went to third on the throw home but had to stay there when Freddie Freeman tapped out to Piña in front of the plate.
    Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2021
  • In May 2012, Brand tapped out a text message to a fencing coach in Virginia.
    Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2020
  • But things seem to have gotten so bad that even ad execs are all tapped out.
    Laura Forman, WSJ, 2 June 2020
  • Perry tapped out the proposal on his phone’s notes app, while riding in the back of a car.
    Karen Heller, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Lightly coat the pan with butter, dust with flour, and tap out excess.
    Country Living, 4 Mar. 2014
  • The applications for drones haven’t been tapped out at this point.
    Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Some laughs would help, but the web’s collective sense of humor feels tapped out.
    Angela Watercutter, Wired, 29 Apr. 2020
  • Watch the video to see the touching moment when an Air Force graduate is tapped out.
    Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Charlotte then locked on the Figure Eight on Nikki, who tapped out.
    Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2021
  • The bar owners have tapped out cash reserves and dipped into a line of bank credit to keep things afloat.
    oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2020
  • All that begs the question of whether the US consumer is finally close to being tapped out.
    Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 17 Aug. 2019
  • The result: They are tapped out from the start, with nothing left over to save and credit card bills that never get paid off.
    Gail Marksjarvis, chicagotribune.com, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Jeremy Jeffress took over for Suter in the fourth and issued a pair of two-out walks before Cole tapped out to the catcher.
    Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Firefighters tapped out a few small fires inside the building, but most of the damage was from the shockwave.
    Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 12 June 2020
  • If you're tapped out on sipping straight cider from the orchard, put the cider to use in this one-ingredient syrup recipe.
    Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Now consider that many of those businesses could be tapped out in a few weeks.
    Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Tap, tap, tapping out letters to anyone who would read them.
    Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 12 Mar. 2018

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