| Despite the strong start and the strong acting, the film as a whole petered out toward the end. |
| His interest in criminal work petered out fairly early in his career and he specialised in family law. |
| When hostilities petered out following the conclusion of the Anglo-French peace of 1546, Anglo-Scottish relations remained as bad as ever. |
| When the alluvial gold had petered out the family left, as did all the other diggers, and settled in Port Augusta. |
| The lane petered out to track, the rain increased to torrential and dozens of lambs crowded under thorn trees, bleating. |
| We drove along a barely made road that petered out into a dirt track scraped out of the red sandy soil. |
