How to Use burnout in a Sentence
- Teaching can be very stressful, and many teachers eventually suffer burnout.
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For Dusick, the point of burnout was right around the corner.
—Autumn Micketti, SPIN, 4 May 2023
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The game is linked to real-world time, which lessens your risk of burnout.
—Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 1 Feb. 2024
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For them, the challenge can be burnout and lack of resources.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
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While 42% of Gen Xers feel burnout at work, that number drops to 25% for boomers.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
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For a total abs burnout, complete all 18 moves on the list.
—Jordan Galloway, Women's Health, 25 July 2023
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Knowing the signs of burnout and what to do about it can make a difference.
—Katie Sandler, Sun Sentinel, 30 June 2022
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Shifting away from a state of burnout won’t happen overnight.
—Jia Rizvi, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
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But in spite of the massive success, David had started to feel burnout.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Guilt is what drives some in the workforce and can cause burnout and other issues.
—Ebony Williams, ajc, 6 May 2022
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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
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Mental health and burnout concerns are at an all-time high.
—David Nour, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
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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
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When the stress builds to burnout and self-protective shutting down, job search stalls.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 2 Nov. 2024
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Many left because of health concerns, to care for children or to cope with burnout.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
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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
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Be sure to keep your own mental health in mind, though, to avoid caregiver burnout.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 10 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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That burnout, Williams says, comes from overzealous parents.
—Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2023
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Over time, this constant state of alertness can lead to burnout and feelings of overwhelm.
—Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 11 Jan. 2025
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The pandemic led to a burnout crisis for the health care industry.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 2 Nov. 2024
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But even if middle managers stick it out—burnout and all—the trouble keeps coming.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2024
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As burnout has reared its head, workers and managers alike have struggled.
—Trey Williams, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2024
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Epidemics don’t pay heed to the burnout of agencies nor their review timelines.
—Robert Kadlec, STAT, 30 Mar. 2023
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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
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Chances are, a week of downtime around the holidays will not undo months of burnout, for instance.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 19 Dec. 2024
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Juan Campos said, adding that the Dodge driver was doing burnouts for at least 10 minutes.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
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Rolling burnouts through first and second gear come almost too easily, seeming to require just a light nudge of our right foot.
—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2025
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The letter, sent yesterday, said a switch from a 48-hour workweek to a 32-hour week would increase staff retention, prevent burnout, and serve as a national model.
—Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Jan. 2025
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Video showed burned out trucks in the village of Oktyabr’skoe, Kursk.
—Tim Lister, CNN, 17 Aug. 2024
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The top of the fuselage burned out and the plane tipped over on its side during the fire.
—New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020
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Their scrawl rushed across the page, as if the words were burning out of them.
—Douglas Stuart, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020
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In New York City, the thing flamed brightly and then burned out.
—refinery29.com, 6 June 2018
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While the body enjoys the day’s languor, the mind must not burn out.
—Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 4 July 2022
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Many thought Bridges was burnt out by the end of last season.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 25 June 2024
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So at the very top of this list is don't burn out your battery.
—USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2022
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But bands like that tend to burn out or implode, and the Icarus Line did both.
—August Brown, latimes.com, 20 June 2018
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Do not let this fairy-tale view of the world burn out with age, my dear Pisces moon!
—Glamour, 31 May 2022
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Fire can be seen still burning, while much of the area is burned out.
—Hallie Jackson, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
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White dwarf stars are the burnt out cores left behind when a star like the Sun dies.
—Fox News, 18 Mar. 2020
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Once the responders reached the car, the fire had started to burn out.
—oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2021
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Once people leave the beach, the flames are left to burn out by themselves.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 17 May 2024
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John ran it into a tall patch of grass and the motor burned out.
—Marni Jameson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 July 2018
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If the staff burns out, there is a long list of replacements.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
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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
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The car that was parked in front of the property was also burnt out.
—Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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But workers do say that they are burnt out, they are stressed.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
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And officials say the flames won't burn out any time soon.
—Christina Maxouris, CNN, 12 Sep. 2020
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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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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
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Many believe Sanders was just burned out on football and ready to be done with the sport.
—Freep.com, 21 July 2019
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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
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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
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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
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But wildfires continued to burn out of control to the north and west of Athens.
—Time, 18 July 2023
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Something may catch on fire without wind and burn out in one spot.
—Zachary Smith, cleveland, 21 Nov. 2022
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If you’re burned out on your go-to streaming service, check this deal out.
—Condé Nast, WIRED, 11 July 2023
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On the other hand, trying to just chill in the middle of the pack for three years while the candle burns out on a superstar career is a tough existence.
—John Hollinger, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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According to police, a liquid accelerant burned out before the fire could spread, and red swastikas were found painted on the building's exterior wall.
—Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
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