How to Use tap out in a Sentence

tap out

verb
  • Lee made Lynch tap out to end the match.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025
  • And the horse would tap out its answer with its hoof.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 4 Dec. 2025
  • This may come as a surprise, but some of us are tapped out this time of year.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Then a clicker can be heard, tapping out some sort of code.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Don’t tap out quite yet, there’s still melty raclette warming over a tea candle.
    — Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 9 Sep. 2024
  • If your work isn’t too pressing, then by all means tap out and save it for later!
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2024
  • And the Niners have made the universe tap out.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
  • With that, John taps out and begins packing.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Invert the pan over the sink and gently tap out any excess flour.
    — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Begin by using a hammer and nail set to tap out just one of the hinge pins.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 25 Aug. 2020
  • What is the cost of tapping out of this system or trying to break the wheel?
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Wind noise was remarkably low, and the car was hardly tapped out.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 28 July 2023
  • Others shuffled their shoes to the beat, or tapped out the rhythm on their walkers.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Their arms rotate to show the hours and minutes, and their feet tap out the seconds.
    — Toby Grey, BGR, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Anyone can tap out by simply shooting a pink flare into the sky.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Most of the Giants’ key players have tapped out or gone down with injuries.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Between your mother, cousin, and best friend, you may be tempted to snag a dozen gift cards and tap out.
    — Jamie Fischer, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Ukraine’s winter storages will be tapped out before the end of cold weather.
    — Suriya Jayanti, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
  • And record-high stock values often mean market gains are tapped out and have little room to run.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Oceans that once took weeks or months to span, were jumped over in seconds by messages tapped out on a telegraph key.
    — David Szondy, New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2025
  • The race is back on with Malik after them, but for once, Amos has tapped out.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
  • In doing so, leaders can create a culture where no one is tempted to tap out.
    — Peter Follows, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Hold your canister or the opened up vacuum over the trash and tap out the contents.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Dyche tapping out at this stage might indicate there might not be much of that on the horizon.
    — James Nalton, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • To add more people to your chat, tap out of your current conversation.
    — PC Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The drummer playfully taps out a beat to match the roaring engine.
    — Jonathan Hawkins, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The fallout has left the director, by his own account, nearly tapped out.
    — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Nov. 2025
  • Gilpin has been waking up in the wee hours, tapping out reminders to herself on the Notes app.
    — Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2025
  • If your all tapped out at $60 Grand then this is the SUV for you.
    — Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Anyone can tap out and walk away at any time, and everyone who’s still there at the end of the game gets the prize money.
    — Eva Holland, Outside Online, 2 Nov. 2022

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