Prosecutor Hildegard Uertz-Retzlaff accused Karadzic of manipulating the court, now that he has exhausted all the legal avenues to grant the extension he wants to prepare his case.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

So, if language seems exhausted because it's always preceding you, everything has always already been said, there's no new plot to be had, the world is full of stock phrases, how do you use them to embody an experience that seems fresh to you?

所以，如果因语言，在你之前就存在，而它就显得枯竭，如果一切都已经被说过，如果已没有新的情节可供创造，如果世界一直充满陈腔旧调，你如何能够用它们,呈现出一个崭新的体验？

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Like the Bank of England, the U.S.Federal Reserve has all but exhausted one of its most powerful tools for stimulating the economy -- lowering the key interest rate that banks charge to lend to each other.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18