drop away
Example Sentences
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Moreover, emotional well-being tends to increase in old age, as personal ambitions drop away and we allow ourselves the time to just be.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2023
Hamilton repeatedly complained about his tyres lacking performance, and was reassured by his engineers that the mediums would drop away towards the end of the race.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2022
Whatever caused Nivola to hesitate or overthink before, Russell has seen that drop away in favor of “enthusiastic inventiveness,” he wrote in an email.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2021
“The world begins to drop away, there is a rhythm with your arms and legs, you’re in nature and it is an experience of movement,” he says.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2021
She watched the house break into tiny pieces and drop away.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
