Sentence examples similar to petering to nothing from inspiring English sources

Bobby Zamora shows good strength to win the ball again but eventually the move peters out to nothing.

Indeed, the concept for the music is a confused idea that peters out to nothing -- a real shame since it's like asking Wilco to be your house band and then shunting them aside.

Some relationships ebb away, petering to their end.

It wasn't long before the road petered out, from asphalt to gravel to dirt to nothing.

Toes, nothing.

Nothing to nothing.

"To nothing".

So it's fairly apparent that the greatest battle in superhero history - the reason everyone is going to see the movie in the first place, for freak's sake - is destined to peter out into nothing.

It's like robbing Peter to pay Paul".

"We want Peter to get the job.

This too just peters to a close.