How to Use wear off in a Sentence

wear off

phrasal verb

• But now, six months in, the shiny newness has worn off.
  — Ebony Flake, Essence, 5 Feb. 2024
• The shine of a 3,500-yard season wore off and his first-round NFL hype petered out.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2023
• As a result, the shell shock of the past 24 months for consumers is still wearing off.
  — Rob Wile, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2024
• When the medicine wore off, my opinion didn’t soften all that much.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 12 Dec. 2023
• The numbness appeared to wear off through three days of practice.
  — John Marshall, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
• As the anesthesia wore off, Evheniia cried and thrashed in her bed.
  — Freep.com, 4 June 2023
• The novelty of Zoom calls with friends was wearing off.
  — Michael Charboneau, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
• The applause quickly wears off and Akon is left standing at the stage by himself.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 27 Sep. 2023
• Now, two and a half years later, the novelty has started to wear off.
  — Julia Ries, SELF, 3 Nov. 2023
• Their charmed lives start to wear off when their mythical casita starts to show its cracks.
  — Vogue, 17 July 2023
• The canal will be brightest when the dyes are first introduced and will wear off within a couple of days.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2024
• The ink will eventually wear off, but since the spoon is stamped, the message will always be there.
  — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2023
• Half-life of caffeine:There's a reason why your coffee wears off.
  — Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
• Once the original panic wears off, this knowledge isn’t such a bad thing.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2024
• But the novelty of seeing Big Stars up close wore off fast, along with my zeal about breakfast.
  — Time, 21 Aug. 2023
• When looking for a timeless pair of shades that would translate well for wearing off the course, the Holbrook models proves to be the best.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 19 July 2023
• Yet, his sudden departure from the Celtics has to be acknowledged now, not months from now when the shock wears off.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
• But Take Note: While the Velcro straps make these easy for kids to get on, their stickiness may wear off after time.
  — Bridget Shirvell, Parents, 27 July 2023
• The exhilaration wears off as the moves repeat again and again.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
• After nearly three decades of that happening time and time again, the effect hasn’t worn off.
  — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
• But after two months, Gullion said the novelty hasn’t worn off.
  — Jenny Rudolph Fort Worth Star-Telegram (tns), al, 18 Aug. 2023
• The novelty of a former leader of the United States being called a felon has somehow worn off.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• But the shine on the performance may be wearing off a little, despite Trump’s Iowa Caucus win this week.
  — Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2024
• Now that everyone else’s birthday wishes have worn off, here’s one from me!
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 20 June 2023
• But the swipe’s novelty has worn off, and Tinder has lost momentum.
  — J. Edward Moreno, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
• This can be managed by finding a comfortable place to rest until the effects wear off.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2023
• But the tests also showed the drug’s effect on stomach emptying wore off after two weeks.
  — Megan Molteni and Elaine Chen, STAT, 30 Sep. 2023
• These coatings wear off with use and washing, and the tent will become less water-resistant.
  — Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 27 Sep. 2023
• The keycaps that ship with the Mars 03 are from and made from PBT with legends printed by the dye-sublimation process which means the legends on the keycaps shouldn’t wear off.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• But the novelty of quiet quitting soon wore off and was replaced by paranoia.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 11 July 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024