fade away
Example Sentences
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"You put so much effort into planting it, and the money you spend, and then it just fades away. And you have to start again, knowing this will earn you a lot less."
From BBC
Cleveland Opera, a company that did present world-class offerings for several decades, faded away about 15 years ago, and a couple of companies left in its wake offer just a smattering of smaller-scale performances.
From New York Times
While there were three times as many drug deaths as homicides, some of the overdose initiatives began to fade away during those tumultuous years.
From New York Times
Mostly, they were digging deep in the face of a revived Rangers, who only latterly faded away.
From BBC
"In the short timespan, sometimes this kind of behavior, if it's directly related to food or some survival value, it may very well fade away fairly quickly. We'll see whether that happens or not."
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
