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he plopped down in his chair, completely spent, and then fell asleep
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Police initially had very little evidence to work with, just a spent bullet shell discovered nearby on the ground.
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Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2024
After your mums are done blooming, deadhead, or cut off the spent blooms.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2024
Cleanly snip off the spent bloom and stem below the foliage level.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2024
For those reasons, Christian conservatism, although hardly a spent force, will likely wane as a political movement, as the religious politics of the United States seem to have reached another inflection point.
—James Morone, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
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Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2024
After your mums are done blooming, deadhead, or cut off the spent blooms.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2024
Cleanly snip off the spent bloom and stem below the foliage level.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2024
For those reasons, Christian conservatism, although hardly a spent force, will likely wane as a political movement, as the religious politics of the United States seem to have reached another inflection point.
—James Morone, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
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“Spent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spent. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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spent
adjective1
: used up
2
: drained of energy
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