come off
Example Sentences
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Barker has said that, in writing the film, he wanted to explore the fear of men “not saying the right thing, or not wanting to come off like a creep.”
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026
Most product prices have come off their peaks in April although prices are expected to remain elevated through the year-end, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
“Sheep” aspires for Spielbergian catharsis — one scene seems to consider itself an art-house take on “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” — but the human characters come off as mechanical as the little robot boy.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Your child will have to call the institution that holds the account to retitle everything under their own name, at which point the proverbial training wheels come off.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
He developed a solar-powered machine that skims garbage off the top of the ocean and raises awareness about the danger of microplastics that come off synthetic clothes when we wash them.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
