spirit away
Example Sentences
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Later on the day it appeared, refuse collectors arrived to spirit away the fridge-freezer.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025
“For decades until her death in 1947, Cather was unable to shake her creative spirit away from its home on the open plains of the Heartland,” Fischer said.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2023
Large windows angle open, and massive glass doors turn indoors into outdoors with a smooth slide as state-of-the-art ventilation systems silently spirit away smoke and vapor.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2022
The ordeal has drawn in the U.S. departments of Defense, Justice and State, which have previously argued that the attempt to spirit away a citizen of another country could significantly harm military and foreign relations.
From Washington Times • Oct. 20, 2022
Xenocrates assumed this would be a simple scrape-and-soar maneuver—and indeed, an ambudrone had already landed on the street ready to spirit away what was left of Citra.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
