How to Use tire in a Sentence

tire

1 of 2 verb
  • The Sox did mount a threat when Kelly tired in the seventh.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
  • Blame lack of staff (and bosses who don’t want to tire out their crew).
    Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Johnson scored 13 of his points in the quarter, as the Raider defense seemed to tire out the Gators.
    Mike Frainie, Baltimore Sun, 16 Feb. 2024
  • When the beast tired itself out, the two men made the return journey back to the truck, caiman in tow.
    Freda Kreier, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Kline began to tire and walked two of the first three batters to lead off the inning.
    Mike Frainie, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The pass-heavy approach helped to tire out the Bulldogs defense.
    Christopher Smith, al, 7 Jan. 2022
  • The fight plan, Love said, was to let Spark tire himself out, then go after him in the late rounds.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2022
  • Alexander seemed to tire a bit in the sixth inning, giving up a two-out walk to Austin Hays.
    Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Surely, all that strain on the vocal cords must tire them out a little.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Charlo doesn’t throw or move enough to tire out or wear down Álvarez.
    Manouk Akopyan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Swimming against the current is going to tire you out and put you at risk of drowning.
    The Conversation, oregonlive, 22 July 2023
  • Taking big, sweeping swipes with your rake will tire you out fast.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Second, training can help to tire out a dog, which can also help to calm them down.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2022
  • In May, a pet dog got caught near the top of England's tallest mountain after tiring out from the climb up.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 1 June 2023
  • In the ninth inning, Hyde opted to pitch McKenna rather than tire the arm of a relief pitcher.
    Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2023
  • But the narrative has begun to tire for many now, and Tesla stock is down 16% since the year began.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2024
  • As the points piled up, the girls started tiring a bit, requesting an amendment to the routine.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Aim for one that’s lightweight so your arm doesn’t tire out before the wrinkles get out of your clothing.
    Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Trying to play tug-of-war with the rip and swimming straight to shore will only tire a swimmer out and increase the chance of drowning.
    Cara Korte, CBS News, 6 June 2023
  • By contrast, Swift never seems to tire throughout the entire three hours.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2023
  • In addition, exercise can help to tire out the dog which can also help to calm them down.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2022
  • A couple of all-out sprints will tire them out for an entire afternoon.
    Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Of course, big dogs can take a lot of effort to tire out, so that did make parts of the trip feel a bit less like a vacation and more like a babysitting job.
    Julia Carmel, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Stopping distances with our test car were on the long side, due perhaps to tire choice or the car's extreme forward weight bias.
    Kevin Smith, Car and Driver, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The third mile does require an extra effort, because the body begins to tire and weaken.
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Excessive use of knee flexion, or bending, at the knee can tire out the patellar tendon.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Shows were rescheduled for the fall, when the tireless Starr led his band through six concerts in six days, a pace that would tire many musicians half his age.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • Since the beginning of its invasion, the Kremlin has made no secret of its long-term game to tire out Kyiv and its backers.
    Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2023
  • In her experience, Rossman says dogs seem to tire themselves out quite a bit.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Remind yourself that grieving is exhausting; as anyone in the throes of grief will tell you, the big emotions that come along with it will tire you out.
    Meghan Rabbitt, Health.com, 22 Nov. 2021
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tire

2 of 2 noun
  • Floor the throttle and release the paddles to spin the tires.
    Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 5 July 2023
  • The miles run on his tires hadn’t disrupted the treads.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
  • If so, that could lead to better gas mileage and a longer tire life.
    Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The puncture-proof tires are useful, as is the easy one-step brake.
    Jessica Booth, Parents, 9 May 2024
  • The body was found wrapped in heavy tire chains and anchored to the bottom of the lake with a hydraulic jack.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Unsprung mass includes things like the wheels and tires, springs, shocks, and brakes.
    Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The man with the knife slashed the Owner’s tires with the knife and pointed the knife at the Spouse before leaving on foot.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The car's driver-side back window and tire are blown out.
    Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The soldiers would also steal food from us as well as take the tires off of our bikes.
    Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Hard on the brakes, confident that the pre-warmed tires have plenty of grip.
    Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The first points race to be run using wet-weather tires has gone green.
    Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The four were also charged with robbing a man and beating him with a tire iron in 1976.
    Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • After 25 minutes, the high-speed chase ended when the truck’s front tires hit the spike bars and went flat.
    Tamia Fowlkes, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
  • The road to get to it is maintained, but tire chains are often required.
    Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The agency said the pickup truck’s tire came loose due to what appeared to be sheared-off lug nuts.
    Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Wheel guns rattle, and the pit crew pull the tire warmers out from under the fenders.
    Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Their remains were put in a pit with tires and other debris, and set on fire.
    Rennie Svirnovskiy, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
  • There is also a tire donut on the rear passenger side wheel.
    Stepheny Price, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2023
  • One car is forced onto to the shoulder of the road, crashing into a stack of tires and a mailbox.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Mark Beseda, a spokesman for Grand Prairie police, said the Chevy may have been stopped because of a flat tire.
    Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Joey Logano and William Byron only took two tires at this stage break pit stop.
    Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The sinkhole was in a parking lot outside of the tire and auto-repair shop.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2024
  • From the city of Nablus in the north to Hebron in the south, young men marched on Israeli checkpoints, throwing stones and burning tires in the streets.
    Dalia Hatuqa, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The damage meant that Gonzales had to buy two new tires out of pocket for $1,000.
    Emily Brindley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The tires are stacked in a running bond like bricks and do not require concrete footing since the tires are so wide and durable.
    Maria Marabito, Treehugger, 3 July 2023
  • The giveaway is the 20-inch cross-spoke wheels, which come wrapped in summer performance tires.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Four thousand vehicles were caught in the flames, and almost none of them were left with tire rims.
    Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • This happens when water in front of the tire builds up faster than the vehicle’s weight can push water out of the way.
    Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The demonstrators burned a number of car tires, with smoke from the fires rising into the sky over the Egypt-Gaza crossing.
    NBC News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • There was a section of tires, this gazebo, and this little wooden deck.
    Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024

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