How to Use tire of in a Sentence

tire of

phrasal verb
Definition of tire ofnext
  • The right, back tire of the bus hit the boy and he was pronounced dead on the scene.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Plus, the smaller tires of the Classic are dwarfed by the car's rear fenders.
    — Larry Webster, Car and Driver, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Jael was run over by the rear tires of the truck, and her little sister was thrown to the pavement, cops said.
    — Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 23 July 2024
  • Kyle Larson brings out the caution when left rear tire of his car goes down.
    — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 12 May 2024
  • But even after a lifetime in daytime, Hayes never seemed to tire of the grind.
    — Michael Maloney, Variety, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The report states the tires of the vehicle were popped and officers were able to stop the driver, Lance Miller, 32.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2023
  • In one scene, Chloe tires of Steven’s notes and he’s eventually told to leave the rehearsal room.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The film never reclaims the droll touch at the start, which reveals that Ruthie uses the saw to cut a log lodged under the tires of the Uber that brought them there.
    — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2023
  • Police had flattened the tires of the Jeep while surrounding the house, DiMartino said.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2024
  • Their calcium shells bear pointy edges sharp enough to blow out tires of vehicles that run over them.
    — Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 20 June 2023
  • Russia can keep fighting, waiting for the West to tire of supporting Ukraine.
    — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2023
  • Bullets had pierced the front door of a home, busted out windows and flattened the tires of a vehicle parked outside.
    — Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2024
  • Fans likely won’t tire of it, but the film’s long duration may leave some viewers restless.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 26 Nov. 2023
  • As the right tires of the Mustang drove off the retaining wall, the vehicle rolled over on its right side and landed on its roof, state police said.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2024
  • After one employee complained, the tires of his car were flattened at work.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The Fall Guy blazons the insipid content that the movie industry never tires of selling us.
    — Armond White, National Review, 3 May 2024
  • The suspects are also believed to have keyed and slashed the tires of a vehicle and thrown a rock through the window of one of the homes, Aurora police said Friday.
    — Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 28 June 2024
  • But Putin continues to hope that Western publics will tire of the conflict and push their governments to concede to his demands.
    — Melinda Haring, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2022
  • There was life in the city again, daffodils and hot dog vendors, and in the street in front of me, between the granite curb and the tire of a black town car, sat a twenty-four-ounce coffee cup filled to its brim with piss.
    — Justin Beal, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The band has made a habit of scoring big sales wins with their seemingly endless stream of live releases, which fans never seem to tire of buying.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • In 2022, as the air was coming out of the tires of the cryptocurrency hot rod, FTX somehow became the world's darling for several months, before the whole thing turned out to be a giant fraud.
    — Brady Dale, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024
  • As climate-change deniers never tire of pointing out, the climate has always been changing.
    — Mark Gongloff, The Mercury News, 27 July 2024
  • But Take Note: As cute as this set is, a 21-piece set can be somewhat limiting, and children might tire of playing with them prematurely.
    — Maya Polton, Parents, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Authorities also found that the suspect had slashed the car tires of an employee’s car and vandalized a fence, according to the case notes.
    — Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
  • He was tricked out of the car but then stood with his foot under the tire of the vehicle, preventing her from leaving until a worker drove by, allowing her time to escape.
    — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
  • Polling finds Trump unpopular but Biden equally or more so, as the public tires of high prices, an insecure border, and foreign crises.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 10 Nov. 2023
  • How long before her average-looking boyfriend tires of her perfection and mangles her heart?
    — Edan Lepucki, The Atlantic, 12 July 2024
  • Monk is a disgruntled writer who tires of seeing novels full of Black stereotypes succeed and so composes one — this time, a satire — under the pen name Stagg R. Lee.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Shortly after his passing, newspapers reported that racist fans in Little Rock had slashed the tires of the car that was driving him and three other people to his next show in Fort Worth.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
  • Darby plays Stede Bonnet, the Gentleman Pirate, a wealthy landowner who tires of his plush life of leisure and decides to become a swashbuckling pirate.
    — Laura Zornosa, TIME, 5 Oct. 2023

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