How to Use exhaust in a Sentence

exhaust

1 of 2 verb
  • He can talk about baseball for hours and still feel that he hasn't exhausted the subject.
  • If they keep spending this way, they'll exhaust their savings.
  • Russia hopes to drag out the war, to exhaust our forces.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • There's so much in the world that can exhaust me and there's not much that can revive me.
    Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
  • But teams will exhaust their resources to learn more about Carter’s role in the accident.
    Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Not only was my teen exhausted the next day, but guess what?
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 17 July 2023
  • If your bodies were nursing the feelings of a crush 24/7, you’d be exhausted.
    Carina Hsieh, SELF, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Failing that, force the Jags to exhaust their complement of timeouts.
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Investigators worked the case but exhausted all leads, and the case was passed on to the cold case homicide unit.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024
  • At the same time, she might have been exhausted and just needed someone to hold her baby (but still not your job).
    Annie Lane, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2023
  • At the time, all investigative leads from the case were exhausted, and the case sat unresolved.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Dodge does not seem to have exhausted its stock of brand-new Vipers just yet, even though the model went out of production more than a half-decade ago in 2017.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Keeping so many balls in the air has clearly exhausted the film’s writers.
    Vulture, 22 May 2023
  • The 30-year-old is exhausted, hungry and sick from drinking dirty water.
    Hajar Harb, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Their fan base was left frustrated and exhausted by the blunders of the last several years.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Empty nesters find their nest is still full of adult kids’ pets Is there a way to get out of exhausting calls from the emotional vampires of my youth?
    oregonlive, 15 June 2023
  • Americans may be exhausted by the turmoil and chaos of the Trump years, but there seems no slackening or pulling back.
    Dan Balz, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • That area code is projected to be exhausted by mid-2024.
    Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2023
  • We had been warned that the sheer numbers would create the kind of chaos that exhausts a concertgoer before the opening act.
    Taffy Brodesser-Akner, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Then, a calf, clearly exhausted, dropped onto its knees to nurse from its mother’s teat.
    Jackie Caradonio, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Guzzetti said the final minutes of the flight indicate fuel for the plane’s right engine was exhausted.
    Ian Duncan, Dan Lamothe, Emily Davies, Michael Laris and Lori Aratani, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2023
  • How was she not exhausted from countless outfit changes and glam sessions over about 12 hours?
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The past few months of this has been exhausting even for Florida residents accustomed to the heat.
    Brianna Sacks, Anchorage Daily News, 17 July 2023
  • At first, Weiner would bike 20 miles or so, and that kind of distance would exhaust her enough to stop her brain from whirring, at least temporarily.
    Stephanie Merry, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Cards can also exhaust for other reasons, such as singing songs.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Thanks to an overnight flight, not to mention decades of insomnia, Madonna is exhausted.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2023
  • Or exhausting monologue vamps on how nobody saw any of the nominees?
    Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Although the Valley had a drier-than-expected weekend, the chances for rainfall haven’t entirely been exhausted for the rest of the week.
    Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The orcas assaulted the pair for at least an hour, eventually killing the younger whale while exhausting the mother.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
  • After exhausting a lot of her options, Nics made one final stop at Danielle Frankel’s atelier.
    Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2024
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exhaust

2 of 2 noun
  • There's a problem with the car's exhaust.
  • As for the loud exhaust, the man said that was due to the fact the muffler was missing.
    John Benson, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Genuine, pure-sports-car virtues, from the control feel to the exhaust note.
    Kevin Smith, Car and Driver, 26 Dec. 2022
  • The pungent black smoke from his exhaust pipe gave him headaches.
    Lenny Rashid Ruvaga, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The pillar once held a kitchen stove and chimney to remove exhaust from the kitchen.
    Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The smell of marijuana, and car exhaust from the highway above, filled the air.
    Alyson Krueger Martina Tuaty, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The heat from the turbine’s exhaust is used to produce steam to turn a turbine in the second stage.
    IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Firefighters were able to knock down the bulk of the blaze, which was contained mostly in the kitchen and the kitchen exhaust system.
    Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 26 May 2023
  • In addition, Sheetz will cut the price of diesel exhaust fluid to 99 cents a gallon at the pump.
    Robert Higgs, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2023
  • There will be differences, like a charging port and no exhaust in the back.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Diesel generators fill the air with noise and exhaust, in front of my house or yours.
    Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s Magazine , 5 Jan. 2023
  • At the bottom the bus snorted out a cloud of impatient exhaust.
    Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
  • Border guards found a seat on the hull, and in a plume of acrid exhaust, the tanks pulled away from the tree line toward their next objective.
    Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Dodge has applied for patents on both the front wing design and the noise-making exhaust system.
    Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Use a fine mesh on your windows, doors, and exhaust vents to keep them from getting through and into your home.
    Patricia S York, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2023
  • This allows a little bit of fresh fuel, oil, and air to escape the engine along with the exhaust.
    Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 16 Aug. 2023
  • If the exhaust is not vented outside the home, Trumka said gas stove users should open a window or turn on a fan to clear the air.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Some of the lint is caught by the dryer’s lint trap, but some gets into the dryer’s exhaust system and dryer vent.
    USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
  • At the same time, the upper half of the cylinder is full of exhaust, and with the downward force of the piston, that exhaust is expelled from the cylinder (stroke 2).
    Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Despite concerns that the stunt might damage the exhaust system, the video shows the fries shooting out of the car's exhaust pipe and soaring into the sky.
    Stepheny Price, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2023
  • PAHs are also found in cigarette smoke and car exhaust fumes.
    Barbara Brody, Fortune Well, 17 Aug. 2023
  • No exhaust smell or heat comes from the mower—ideal for mowing on those hot summer days.
    Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2023
  • This is combined with best-in-class modeling and the use of exhaust data to make Apogee and DonorBase unique in the industry.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The few windows, very high and very small, look like factory exhaust portals.
    Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 16 May 2023
  • Lexus’ Active Sound Control sends engine and exhaust notes through the sound system.
    cleveland, 22 July 2023
  • The company will also install fans in the driver's cab and exhaust heat shields for the cargo area in non-electric trucks.
    Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 14 June 2023
  • Trumka urged those with gas stoves to ensure the exhaust hood is vented to outside the home, not being routed back into the home.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 11 Jan. 2023
  • There’s also the reshaped lower air dam, unique 20-inch wheels and, naturally, the absence of exhausts at the rear.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Another household fan to take advantage of is any exhaust fans in the bathroom and kitchen.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The interior was outfitted with mushroom leather, and the body was painted midnight blue, with L.E.D. lights in the now ornamental exhaust pipes.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024

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