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