shuffle off
Example Sentences
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Do not be fooled by suggestions Australia have unveiled a list of geriatrics, ready to shuffle off to a cricketing retirement home, tending the garden in their baggy green caps.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025
By 1 a.m., when we all decided to shuffle off to bed, I realized I had forgotten a phone charger.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2023
While some shrews shuffle off this mortal coil in less than 14 months, bowhead whales can swim in Arctic waters for more than two centuries.
From Scientific American • Jan. 31, 2023
Men in black rise for predawn prayers and shuffle off to classrooms where Bibles are scattered on the tables and politeness reigns.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2020
I watched Grandpa shuffle off toward the barn and disappear inside.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
