die away
Example Sentences
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The fear is that, if this continues, vast areas of rainforest could die away and become a savannah or dry grassland ecosystem.
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025
Shouts of approval for Saldaña’s emotional rendition of “México Lindo y Querido,” the classic ranchera that asks the living to take the protagonist back to Mexico if he should die away from his home country.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2023
And because they are freighted with their own history of making and use, they can function like aromas that briefly unlock troves of private narrative, only to die away.
From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2021
He presses play and rushes out, reappearing when the last notes die away.
From The Guardian • Feb. 22, 2019
It would die away and after a short silence start up again.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.