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

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024