spent
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depleted of energy, force, or strength "impossible to grow tobacco on the exhausted soil","the exhausted food sources","exhausted oil wells" -
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drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted "the day's shopping left her exhausted","he went to bed dog-tired","was fagged and sweaty","the trembling of his played out limbs","felt completely washed-out","only worn-out horses and cattle","you look worn out"
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Spent
(Zoöl) Exhausted of spawn or sperm; -- said especially of fishes. -
Spent
Exhausted; worn out; having lost energy or motive force. "Now thou seest me Spent , overpowered, despairing of success.", "Heaps of spent arrows fall and strew the ground."
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spent
Nearly or quite exhausted or worn out; having lost force or vitality; inefficient; impotent: generally in a comparative sense. A spent deer or other animal is one that has been chased or wounded nearly to death. A spent ball is a flying ball (from a gun) that has so nearly lost its impulse as to be unable to penetrate an object struck by it, though it may occasionally inflict a dangerous contused wound. A spent bill of lading or other commercial document is one that has fulfilled its purpose and should be canceled. -
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Exhausted by spending or spawning; of fish, having spawned.
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Spent
spent of spend.
WASHINGTON, Nov 4— In his five years as president of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Ronald R Peterson has spent much of his time trying to make ends meet. nytimes.com
Otis Birdsong , who spent 12 seasons in the NBA, joined WFAA Saturday morning to talk about the 2-Star Basketball Camp that runs from July 16-20 at the Mark Cuban Heroes Basketball Center in Dallas. faa.com
We spent a lot of time this summer tying the success of Chicago's defense to the performance of defensive tackle Tommie Harris, who was hoping to overcome knee problems and rebound off a sub-par year. espn.go.com
Jack Danielson, 83, spent final 30 years in Forest Lake. forestlaketimes.com
He and his administration spent last weekend blaming the explosion of violence against America in the Middle East on a moronic anti-Muhammad video that's been on YouTube for months. appeal-democrat.com
South Africa's Jacob Zuma spent $28 million of public money to make his house cooler. globalpost.com
I spent 12 months in Vietnam as a member of the US Army (1968-69). knoxnews.com
A hard rain turned the red-dirt driveway in front of the Blockers ' house into a lake on one of the nights I spent there. nytimes.com
RENTON – Zach Miller spent the 2011 season – his first in Seattle – mostly as a blocker , but the sure-handed tight end is back to being a productive receiver again. thenewstribune.com
Zach Miller spent the 2011 season &ndash. thenewstribune.com
Almost seven years have passed since I spent some time in the Middle East. pbs.org
Carter spent the last four seasons as an assistant at Western Michigan. kansascity.com
He spent 69 years of his life in Wichita, Kan. cassville-democrat.com
750 million spent in TV ads in 9 states, including Wisconsin. channel3000.com
I've spent a lot of time at the public library. allure.com
While the walk on the quotiented graph is described by equation (4), the coefficient probably comes from the average time spent in each block.
Random spread on the family of small-world networks
We investigate the distribution of the time spent by a random walker to the right of a boundary moving with constant velocity v .
Statistics of the occupation time for a random walk in the presence of a moving boundary
What can be said about the shape of C ? Since p > pc (q), there is little cost in having large volume , and the price is spent around its boundary .
The Random-Cluster Model
During this stay, the system can oscillate between states 1 and 2, so that the value of P depends on the time spent at resonance and at some values of ˜ε it turns to zero.
Effects of nonlinear sweep in the Landau-Zener-Stueckelberg effect
Thus the reduction of the shear modulus is only half that expected from the spent energy.
Energy landscape - a key concept for the dynamics of glasses and liquids
The next day was spent in riotous rejoicing. "A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year" by
At last the storm spent itself. "The Wind Before the Dawn" by
I spent a week at Brunswick, in an expensive hotel. "The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Müller" by
But he might as well have spent the same time studying the face of the Sphynx. "Doctor Jones' Picnic" by
He afterwards spent some time in Germany, and on his return to England was incorporated M.A. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2" by
A large number of men spent a half, and even three-quarters of their earnings in drink. "The Message" by
Days come during every week when time is spent in the study of laundry chemistry. "Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements" by
The first night the Battalion spent in camp there was a terrible thunder-storm, one of the worst in years. "The Red Watch" by
We spent thirty hours over it, and that was considered good going. "A Padre in France" by
We've spent one pleasant morning together, haven't we? "The Wide, Wide World" by
When youth and blood are warmer;
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times, still succeed the former.
Our faith grows often faint, oft hope is spent;
Show us Thyself in all things fair and fine,
Teach us the stars' content.
All to the furrow, none to the grave,
The candle's out, the spirit's vigil spent;
Sight may not follow where the vision went.
Delia may come, and see my poor Remains,—
Oh Delia, after such an Absence past,
Can'st thou still love, and not forget my Pains?
My gift she never spent,
But gave to one of greater woe,
And wearily she went . . .
To be of charity a part,—
That stabbed her to the heart.
Under the palms by the sea,
For the strange dream of those days
Spent in the passionate land,
For your youth given to me,
I am your debtor always!