fall away
Example Sentences
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Read together, these novels circle the questions posed by “Lord of the Flies”: What are we human beings once the familiar social structures that sustain us fall away?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
His efforts kept India in contention long after they would have been expected to fall away, and in the 38th over his side reached 253-1, surpassing the 250 England had made at the same stage.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
But these concerns fall away when the performers start singing.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
It helps, too, that, by the nature of the film’s long-winded narrative structure, we’re able to witness the pretenses between Mary and Sam slowly fall away.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
Just as almost no true sentence beginning with I could be spoken by Lindsey, Colin was watching all the things he'd thought were true about himself, all his I sentences, fall away.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
