How to Use burned-out in a Sentence

burned-out

adjective
  • The burned-out, rusty remnants of a walk-in vault squat in the center of the structure.
    — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Fear challenged that faith as the family walked past more corpses and burned-out houses.
    — Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Replace and recycle burned-out or flickering bulbs.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • Many are tired of seeing their generation framed as burnt-out or irrelevant.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Americans are burned-out, frustrated, and hunting for scapegoats.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Streets are empty, and some streets have burnt-out vehicles on the medians in the aftermath of the violence that erupted after the drug lord's death.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The pressure to fill programs with demanding quadruple jumps and triple axels, while innovating the sport, prompted Liu to retire, burnt-out, at 16.
    — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Among the many other programmes, the three-day Feel Alive Again programme is suited to those suffering the after effects of the pandemic or generally burnt-out from the pace of 21st-century life.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026

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