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

It soon became apparent that the hard was not a good tyre, as Hamilton, who emerged 6.5 seconds behind Verstappen, began slowly to drop away from the Red Bull.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2022

The stage will then drop away and the rocket’s second stage and the Orion capsule that will carry astronauts in the future will then be on their own in space.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2022

I had no logical reason to drop away from everyone uninvolved and with no reason.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2020

You’re supposed to wait for leeches to fill with blood and drop away.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer