How to Use wear off in a Sentence

wear off

verb
  • My Olympic fever hasn’t worn off yet.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The comforts of shock have worn off.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 2026
  • The thrill had not worn off as of early March.
    — Daniel Brown, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • By now that sort of novelty has worn off.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
  • The second time, all of the allure had worn off.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 14 May 2026
  • The novelty of it all hasn't worn off.
    — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
  • That rush did not wear off for hours afterwards.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 17 June 2026
  • But for God’s sake, wait for that runner’s high to wear off!
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Of course, all the nostalgia will wear off once the ball is kicked.
    — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • That’s not bad per se, except that placebos tend to wear off with time.
    — Erica Sloan, SELF, 6 Mar. 2026
  • After the shock of missing out wore off, the Griffins came home.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The jet fuel was wearing off and the pain of the last twelve hours was setting in.
    — Literary Hub, 31 July 2026
  • When the disruption wore off, the old terms returned.
    — Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The name not worn off at the end of the night is predicted to be the next one to marry.
    — Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026
  • The one whose name wasn’t worn off by the end of the night is predicted to be the next to get married.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2026
  • The nostalgia wore off by last summer, but the feel-good vibes remain.
    — Joe Davidson april 3, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2026
  • After the initial shock wears off, kids tend to love having pillow fights.
    — Margery D. Rosen, Parents, 5 Mar. 2026
  • By the second period’s end, Latvia’s scare had worn off.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 Feb. 2026
  • The other possibility is that there is rust on the brakes that has not worn off.
    — John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
  • After over a decade of swiping for love, the initial novelty has worn off.
    — Annabel Gat, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2026
  • After nearly three decades of that happening time and time again, the effect hasn't worn off.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The first drug is a fast-acting anesthetic, called etomidate, which wears off in about five minutes.
    — Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The molly’s wearing off, and everybody’s spent.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The slouchy V-neck has stylish batwing sleeves and can be worn off the shoulder and tucked in for a more classy, put-together look.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Bedard’s presence is enough to keep Hawks fans from tuning out, but sooner or later that will wear off.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
  • By the second day, the novelty wears off, and the two teams can get irritated at each other.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The shoe’s body is unlikely to break down before either a clog’s back strap breaks or the tread on any type of Crocs wears off.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
  • And once the adrenaline wears off, that’s when the real complexity starts.
    — Kaitlyn Gomez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026
  • However, sleepiness returns when the caffeine wears off.
    — Ashley Olivine, Verywell Health, 11 May 2026
  • The stigma against using AI for writing appears to be wearing off.
    — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026

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