Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: expired
IPA transcription: [ɪksp'aɪɹd]
Pronunciations of expired
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: expired
    Meaning: having come to an end or become void after passage of a period of time; "an expired passport"; "caught driving with an expired license"
Usage examples
  • His impatient scorn expired
  • And the flames of the tripods expired.
  • When the lease expired, the landlord could appropriate all the improvements that the tenant had made.
  • I tasted too what was called the sweet of revenge--but it was transient, it expired even with the object, that provoked it.
  • In the Senate he became a strong representative of the anti-Federal party, and acted with it until his term expired in 1794.
  • The progress of the monks, which was become considerable, was somewhat retarded by the death of Edred, their partisan, who expired after a reign of nine years.
  • The men who had taken up and rescued Brasidas, brought him into the town with the breath still in him: he lived to hear of the victory of his troops, and not long after expired.
  • Emily did not appear to notice this question, but remained thoughtful, for a few moments, and then said, 'It was about that same period that the Marchioness de Villeroi expired.'
  • After having attended my lamented freind to her Early Grave, I immediately (tho' late at night) left the detested Village in which she died, and near which had expired my Husband and Augustus.
  • The next day the magician learnt, from the chief superintendent of the khan where he lodged, that Aladdin had gone on a hunting expedition, which was to last for eight days, of which only three had expired.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording John Y. Brown (politician, born 1835), License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Peter Jennings, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording First Amendment to the United States Constitution, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Martha Layne Collins, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Canadians, License CC BY-SA 4.0