How to Use burnout in a Sentence

burnout

1 of 2 noun
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  • Teaching can be very stressful, and many teachers eventually suffer burnout.
  • For Dusick, the point of burnout was right around the corner.
    — Autumn Micketti, SPIN, 4 May 2023
  • The game is linked to real-world time, which lessens your risk of burnout.
    — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 1 Feb. 2024
  • For them, the challenge can be burnout and lack of resources.
    — Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
  • While 42% of Gen Xers feel burnout at work, that number drops to 25% for boomers.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
  • For a total abs burnout, complete all 18 moves on the list.
    — Jordan Galloway, Women's Health, 25 July 2023
  • Shifting away from a state of burnout won’t happen overnight.
    — Jia Rizvi, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
  • That can limit the stress and help you to avoid moving from burnout in one career to burnout in the other.
    — Ryan Derousseau, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Mental health and burnout concerns are at an all-time high.
    — David Nour, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • If funded, the new pay scale would help address the high rates of turnover and burnout among teachers, O’Neal said.
    — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Many left because of health concerns, to care for children or to cope with burnout.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
  • For a great warmup before a chest workout or a killer burnout to finish one, try out the band chest fly.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 7 Dec. 2022
  • But the sterling work ethic that paved the way for First Aid Kit’s career also formed a deep rut of burnout.
    — Victoria Wasylak, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
  • For adults, it’s become common to name the things that make women more likely to face burnout and stress.
    — Jessica Bennett, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • That burnout, Williams says, comes from overzealous parents.
    — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2023
  • As burnout has reared its head, workers and managers alike have struggled.
    — Trey Williams, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Epidemics don’t pay heed to the burnout of agencies nor their review timelines.
    — Robert Kadlec, STAT, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Juan Campos said, adding that the Dodge driver was doing burnouts for at least 10 minutes.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • The passenger could be seen recording the burnout and pointing the cellphone at the tread marks on the mural before running back to the truck on Feb. 28.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Clara Millen is in free fall, clinging to her job as a lifeline despite being in a state of complete burnout.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Start slow, as going too fast can cause burnout and lead you to drop these positive habits later on.
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Smitherman’s bill defines terms like speed contests, burnouts, and donuts.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 7 Apr. 2023
  • All of them are high-performing entrepreneurs; many are dealing with burnout as well as grief from loss.
    — Sherry Walling, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2022
  • All of this leads to burnout and impacts retention and public safety as well.
    — Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
  • Physician burnout is linked to high job turnover and excess health care costs, among other problems.
    — Mara Gordon, NPR, 4 May 2024
  • But for mothers and women of color burnout is more pronounced.
    — Mabinty Quarshie, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Over tourism has become a buzz word recently, and many Hawaiian's are feeling the burnout.
    — James Brown, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2022
  • No one wants to hear this, but often our own unhealthy work habits and lack of boundaries contribute to burnout.
    — Elaine Welteroth, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Russell Reynolds indicated that tenures may be shortening due to burnout as well.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2024
  • There was a big focus on how AI could help to reduce the mountains of documentation that doctors and nurses are responsible for, which is a major cause of burnout in the industry.
    — Annika Kim Constantino,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2024
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burn out

2 of 2 verb
  • On block after block, houses stand abandoned and burned out.
    — Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2019
  • The idea for the startup came from founders who were, aptly, feeling burned out themselves.
    — Michelle Cheng, Quartz at Work, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Those who took a break reported feeling happier and less burned out.
    — Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
  • In other words, your brain will burn out and affect your body's ability to exercise.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Onetime child stars burn out and disappear from the spotlight all the time, and many fans likely assumed that’s what happened with her.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2019
  • It’s a desperate, existential plea by someone who doesn’t want to burn out, but is terrified of fading away.
    — Richard S. He, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Related article Teens are feeling pressured and burned out.
    — Shannon Carpenter, CNN, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Investing in the right tools, processes, and automations will save you time and allow your business to grow without burning out.
    — Melissa Houston, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The blaze burned out of control for weeks, eventually consuming half a million acres and more than 700 structures.
    — Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
  • In an age when people with brains burned out on digital devices crave physical talismans, crystals seem to promise wisdom from the core of the earth.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2019
  • But for team leaders who are feeling burnt out or overwhelmed with their job, Daisy Auger-Domínguez has advice on regaining your joy at work.
    — Harvard Business Review, 15 Oct. 2024
  • With a bare-bones team putting in long hours during every protest, and with seemingly endless weeks of demonstrations ahead, Orca is well aware of the risk of burning out.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The strap-on boosters burned out and fell away about one minute and 40 seconds after liftoff, followed two-and-a-half minutes later by engine shutdown and first-stage separation.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 22 Aug. 2019
  • The performance and the song struck a really sour note to me, and was perhaps the earliest indication that this feud had more fuel to it than could really burn out in 12 months' time.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Video showed burned out trucks in the village of Oktyabr’skoe, Kursk.
    — Tim Lister, CNN, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The top of the fuselage burned out and the plane tipped over on its side during the fire.
    — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Their scrawl rushed across the page, as if the words were burning out of them.
    — Douglas Stuart, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020
  • While the body enjoys the day’s languor, the mind must not burn out.
    — Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 4 July 2022
  • Many thought Bridges was burnt out by the end of last season.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 25 June 2024
  • So at the very top of this list is don't burn out your battery.
    — USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Do not let this fairy-tale view of the world burn out with age, my dear Pisces moon!
    — Glamour, 31 May 2022
  • Fire can be seen still burning, while much of the area is burned out.
    — Hallie Jackson, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
  • White dwarf stars are the burnt out cores left behind when a star like the Sun dies.
    — Fox News, 18 Mar. 2020
  • Once the responders reached the car, the fire had started to burn out.
    — oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Once people leave the beach, the flames are left to burn out by themselves.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 17 May 2024
  • If the staff burns out, there is a long list of replacements.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • No one took Shor’s bet, and some asked for a third option: that the sun would burn out first.
    — Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2022
  • But workers do say that they are burnt out, they are stressed.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
  • And officials say the flames won't burn out any time soon.
    — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 12 Sep. 2020
  • If the fuse is burned out, replace it with a new one of the same amperage.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 24 Oct. 2019

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