cutting away
Example Sentences
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The reason for repeatedly doing so isn’t ever made clear and feels as jarring as suddenly cutting away from a fight scene or a soliloquy.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2024
The network aired his comments for about two minutes before cutting away.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2024
Demme closes in on Weymouth playing two notes in a song before cutting away to a guitar solo.
From Salon • Sep. 21, 2023
Annual inflation, meanwhile, could close this year at 142.4% compared to 94.8% last year, according to a central bank poll, steadily cutting away at consumers' purchasing power in Latin America's third-largest economy.
From Reuters • Jul. 13, 2023
He cut into the wire as if cutting away at the lie inside himself.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
