Thesaurus / put away

put away

How to use put away in a sentence

It was a decayed house of superb proportions, but of a fashion long passed away.

CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU

He was voluble in his declarations that they would “put the screws” to Ollie on the charge of perjury.

THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDEN

She walked away toward another door, which was masked with a curtain that she lifted.

CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMES

Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.

RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSON

This is the place where the Muscovite criminals are banished to, if they are not put to death.

If you throw away this chance, you will both richly deserve to be hanged, as I sincerely trust you will be.

The bear laughed and joined his companion, and the torpedo thundered away.

Let them open their minds to us, let them put upon permanent record the significance of all their intrigues and manœuvres.

Nevertheless the evening and the night passed away without incident.

Bits of paper blew aimlessly about, wafted by a little, feverish breeze, which rose in spasms and died away.

BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENS

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985