So "the stunt was a wash-out," the bird had flown.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919] Reference

He is a wash-out with drinking and woman problems.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two flicks] Reference

The fire season is officially a "wash-out" this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [View from the Northern Border] Reference

Labor Day weekend, a wash-out along the Georgia coast.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 3, 2007] Reference

I don't believe it will be heavy or a wash-out, at least.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forecast: Mild New Year, before cold returns] Reference

No, your first challenge was DEFINITELY not a "wash-out.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Daring Bakers Cinnamon Buns] Reference

Trader and can tell our people what a wash-out Protection is in the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Thirty-Nine Steps] Reference

But they were a wash-out at Riet; they were over-firing the whole time.    From Wordnik.com.  [With Botha in the Field] Reference

How come I know it's gonna be just another inconclusive wash-out night?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama's Big Indiana Stronghold Turning Out Heavily] Reference

Our first invitation was for Boxing Day for the Test, which was a wash-out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal for 13 February 1999] Reference

"This is a pretty good wash-out," said Edmund; "not much good coming here.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]

The wash-out may relate to the fact that the ink cartridges are three-color.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jonathan Handel: Product Review: Dymo DiscPainter (CD/DVD Printer)] Reference

Chancellor Hance's unilateral hire constitutes academic welfare for a government wash-out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steven G. Kellman: An Elephant in the Classroom] Reference

Orin, one of Gabe's roommates, when I first meet him looked like a big druggy-pothead wash-out.    From Wordnik.com.  [nisayon Diary Entry] Reference

This had formerly been the valley road until made dangerous by a wash-out a year or two previous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hidden Gold] Reference

Joanna and I sat up the rest of the night, hoping for a road wash-out so we wouldn't have to go to work.    From Wordnik.com.  [H20??!?!?!?!!!!?!?] Reference

Last year the day was a complete wash-out with torrential rain leading to the cancellation of activities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saving Capstone Valley - 12 months later!] Reference

The women hanging their wash-out lines and we can see last night at dusk just after a very, heavy fire fight.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 4, 2003] Reference

My expedition to Bermuda was a wash-out because of the pleurisy; Zelda collapsed again shortly after the holidays.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Life in Letters] Reference

And if you recall the first week back after the attacks on the Trade Center and the Pentagon, we saw a big wash-out phase in the markets.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 10, 2001] Reference

Capello's early bath a wash-out for legal profession.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Want a secure world? Travel, invest and educate girls] Reference

This is the second time you've let me down, you wash-out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anthony Lyveden] Reference

The two 4-month periods were separated by a 1-month wash-out.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

"Now, the wash-out water," said he, taking another larger dish.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darkness and Dawn] Reference

'Hello, padre,' he said, 'looks like a wash-out for me this time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Between the Lines] Reference

So was the "wash-out" rate, which averaged 60 percent to 70 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [ajc.com - News] Reference

But nevertheless it didn't make the event a wash-out, quite the contrary.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Mostly cloudy skies will rule for the weekend but it won't be a complete wash-out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cincinnati Local News Headlines | WCPO.com] Reference

Note the recovery of the fraction of punctate reelin IR neurons after BFA wash-out.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

In the darkness it was impossible to say how deep the wash-out might be, or how wide.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men] Reference

A near wash-out today, which was confirmed by umpires Peter Hartley and Neil Bainton at.    From Wordnik.com.  [ECB Latest News] Reference

Just about a half mile ahead of on down a little flat, was a wash-out, and Mr. Hughes said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains] Reference

Sewall tried to spur his horse which began kicking and rolled over with him into a wash-out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roosevelt in the Bad Lands] Reference

Both tests were performed at this identical speed with a 10 minute "wash-out" period in between.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The storm had raised the level of the river and filled every wash-out with swirling brown waters.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roosevelt in the Bad Lands] Reference

The first, delivered on the cheek, was a wash-out; but the second, pressed home on the lips, had the desired effect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, November 24, 1920] Reference

Last year was nearly a wash-out, but prayers were answered across the district when torrential rain halted for the event.    From Wordnik.com.  [BrontëBlog] Reference

The terrier watched his master, and as soon as the boy started to cross the wash-out in the road-bed, the dog plunged in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men] Reference

Allowance must, of course, be made for wash-in and wash-out; otherwise, the parts I have specified should be parallel with each other.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Aeroplane Speaks Fifth Edition] Reference