How to Use tire in a Sentence
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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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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 -
Michelin, the French tire maker, vowed to ensure that none of its workers in France would struggle to make ends meet.
— Santul Nerkar Mike Belleme, New York Times, 2 May 2024
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