Explore Petered through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Petered meaning
simple past and past participle of peter
Using Petered
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of peter
- In the example corpus, petered often appears in combinations such as: petered out, has petered, game petered.
Context around Petered
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 4 middle, 12 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Petered
- In this selection, "petered" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, game, soon and mokuhinia stand out and add context to how "petered" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and mokuhinia petered out and announcement has petered all the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "petered" sits close to words such as abdelaziz, absolutist and accrual, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with petered
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After reaching a peak in April, the outbreak petered out. (10 words)
An effort in the late 1990s to restore Moku‘ula and Mokuhinia petered out. (14 words)
Rybacki said he began researching Thurber’s murder shortly after Mehl’s effort petered out. (15 words)
Larkham rested several key men as the game petered out, including five-eighth Noah Lolesio and Alaalatoa, as he cast his gaze towards his side's clash against the Highlanders, who they vanquished 27-21 in Dunedin earlier in the season. (41 words)
Atlético are second in with their title charge having petered out following their loss to this month, and their group-stage exit from the means the Europa League is the only trophy they’re in contention for. (37 words)
After such a potent villain in Prometheus from Season 5, the in-fighting of Season 6 has really been a let-down (as was the team-up of villains that petered out). (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Casey-South Melbourne’s Premier Cricket season has petered-out in anti-climactic fashion with a rain-affected draw in Geelong.
This buzz soon petered out, resulting in Morrison being shipped out to QPR and Cardiff City, before he was released and snapped up by Lazio.
Well, sometimes stupid human tricks are best left to that shorter form, as this really petered out about halfway through.
An effort in the late 1990s to restore Moku‘ula and Mokuhinia petered out.
For Wolves, a solid year under Gary O’Neil has petered out in recent weeks with faint hopes of qualifying for Europe long gone.
It may have seemed like ) had entered rebound mode, but the chipmaker’s latest rally has petered out.
Larkham rested several key men as the game petered out, including five-eighth Noah Lolesio and Alaalatoa, as he cast his gaze towards his side's clash against the Highlanders, who they vanquished 27-21 in Dunedin earlier in the season.
The game petered out as Sunderland missed the chance to keep pace with leaders Charlton Athletic.
He said it lasted about three or four months, and “petered out” because Blaine’s members stopped attending.
Rybacki said he began researching Thurber’s murder shortly after Mehl’s effort petered out.
A few years after the turn of the millennium, Lancaster had pretty much petered out.
But the president’s recollection of it is that the thing had petered out quite a bit.
Came on for the final few minutes but was unable to make much impact as the game petered out to penalties.
It's a shame this race has petered out into a Mercedes 1-2 here, to be honest.
This has coincided with a similar pause in the equity market rally over the last couple of weeks which suggests the momentum from a bump in risk appetite has petered out.
While the current price ($74.29) is still higher than it was before the deal, the momentum from the Fox announcement has petered all the way out.
With either puncher refusing to lose, they continued to exchange strikes as the clash petered out.
After reaching a peak in April, the outbreak petered out.
After such a potent villain in Prometheus from Season 5, the in-fighting of Season 6 has really been a let-down (as was the team-up of villains that petered out).
Atlético are second in with their title charge having petered out following their loss to this month, and their group-stage exit from the means the Europa League is the only trophy they’re in contention for.
Common combinations with petered
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: