(1) We then rewind through the previous stories, expecting everything to come together with a bang, but instead seeing each tale peter out in a whimper.

(2) Some films peter out purely on lack of effort in developing the main storyline.

(3) But the movie doesn't really hold together; apart from the irritating visual style, the script really peters out and most of the performances are played way too broadly.

(4) But when I looked up, further downstream, I could see the river narrowing, petering out.

(5) And there the story sort of peters out, I'm afraid.

(6) That argument went in circles for a while before petering out in non-resolution.

(7) When the door shuts, conversation peters out, expressions sour, a drunk guy in a shiny shirt leans against the wall.

(8) Elsewhere in the city, however, the convulsions of anarchy appeared to be petering out.

(9) By the end, however, the film sort of peters out, and the script falls apart.

(10) The ending peters out inconclusively in a welter of playful/sloppy metafictional games.

(11) The events of their communities marking the passage of each year were petering out as young people left for the capital cities.

(12) In fact you can't - the road peters out at the Beacon, a white landmark on top of a cliff, which looks like a giant coasthouse.

(13) Gradually Barcelona had petered out in that first half, Ronaldinho in particular.

(14) The communal disturbance continued for a couple of weeks before petering out.

(15) The ending, in particular, is a definite let-down as the script simply peters out in dialogue rather than concluding on the monumental bang Tarantino's been teasing us to expect all along.

(16) The game looked to be petering out to a drab draw, until Aidan McCarron, the flying Mary's full-forward, was wrestled to the ground inside the square.

(17) I go for a run along a river path that quickly peters out and leaves me in an industrial zone.

(18) We never get beyond a three-volley reply situation as conversation peters out after establishing that we're both fine and neither of us cares.

(19) The men in green will be disappointed with their performance as their smooth first half petered out in the second.

(20) A path petered out a few feet from my washing line at the back.