| But when I looked up, further downstream, I could see the river narrowing, petering out. |
| The second, a wasting contagion, produces an entropic narrative of slow dying, finally petering away into ignominious extinction. |
| Saints' impressive season had looked to be petering out only for it to set alight as they ran amok against the FA Cup finalists. |
| All these golden nuggets of wisdom come from The Reality TV Handbook, a new tome dedicated to the lowbrow television genre that is showing no signs of petering out. |
| That argument went in circles for a while before petering out in non-resolution. |
| Just as the fortunes were petering out on the Bonanza and Dawson Creeks, word came of fabulous gold discoveries in the wilds of Northern Ontario. |
