Sentence examples for worn out over from inspiring English sources

The heel [concealing the pendant] was worn out over time.

He was right: the barn did have radiant heating, but the rubber tubing channeling the hot water under the floors had worn out over the years and was leaking.

"His comments about clerical sex abuse [in the interview] make it clear that he is using the same tired and irrelevant playbook the bishops have worn out over the past few years," wrote priest and victims' supporter Tom Doyle in the National Catholic Reporter.

Some of Petrarch's contemporaries thought she was just a symbol and a pretext, though on the flyleaf of his Virgil he noted not only the date of his original glimpse of her but also that 20 years later he had news of her death in the plague – and a passing remark implies she was married and might have been worn out over the years with childbearing.

It's easy to imagine things getting worn out over time or the thin plastic hinge that holds the top and bottom together tearing after repeated opening and closing.

It's made with internal seals that can get worn out over time, leading to leaks.

The insulation wore out over time, exposing the electrical wires.

There's this glimmer of optimism and hope, and it wears out over an artistic life.

These have switches, motor brushes, cords and pads that wear out over time.

"It's going to wear out over time," said Richard Kowalcvyk, the museum's building manager.

But simple slogans wear out over time because they mask complex realities.