How to Use burnout in a Sentence

burnout

1 of 2 noun
  • 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
  • But in spite of the massive success, David had started to feel burnout.
    Rachel Desantis, People.com, 10 Dec. 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
  • When the stress builds to burnout and self-protective shutting down, job search stalls.
    Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 2 Nov. 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
  • The pandemic led to a burnout crisis for the health care industry.
    Shawna Chen, Axios, 2 Nov. 2024
  • But even if middle managers stick it out—burnout and all—the trouble keeps coming.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • For many, the constant race to achieve, consume and perform has led to burnout and a sense of disconnection.
    Food Drink Life, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Chances are, a week of downtime around the holidays will not undo months of burnout, for instance.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 19 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • For example many high achievers are guilty of repeatedly skipping winter which is a setup for burnout.
    Amanda Miller Littlejohn, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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burn out

2 of 2 verb
  • 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
  • In New York City, the thing flamed brightly and then burned out.
    refinery29.com, 6 June 2018
  • 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
  • But bands like that tend to burn out or implode, and the Icarus Line did both.
    August Brown, latimes.com, 20 June 2018
  • 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
  • John ran it into a tall patch of grass and the motor burned out.
    Marni Jameson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 July 2018
  • 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
  • To go out and make eight clean runs — burn out to turn out — and take home that win (was special).
    Mike Chambers, The Denver Post, 18 July 2019
  • Many believe Sanders was just burned out on football and ready to be done with the sport.
    Freep.com, 21 July 2019
  • People got burned out of the same stuff that they were getting fed over and over and over and over and over.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2024
  • At some point, the sun will use up all the hydrogen in its core and begin to burn out.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 6 Mar. 2023
  • And if we're burnt out, then there's no one left to be able to offer these services.
    Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 17 May 2024
  • But wildfires continued to burn out of control to the north and west of Athens.
    Time, 18 July 2023
  • Something may catch on fire without wind and burn out in one spot.
    Zachary Smith, cleveland, 21 Nov. 2022
  • If you’re burned out on your go-to streaming service, check this deal out.
    Condé Nast, WIRED, 11 July 2023
  • Then, a motorcyclist at the front spun around and burned out his tires.
    BostonGlobe.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • But the sport could burn out good people involved in it if college football’s hierarchy doesn’t alter its calendar.
    Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • However, genuine wellbeing extends beyond physical health; even the best resources can fall short if employees feel overwhelmed or burned out.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024

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