drop away

Example Sentences

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I don't think they are going to drop away.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023

Moreover, emotional well-being tends to increase in old age, as personal ambitions drop away and we allow ourselves the time to just be.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2023

“The world begins to drop away, there is a rhythm with your arms and legs, you’re in nature and it is an experience of movement,” he says.

From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2021

But in other, key sequences, she lets the flourishes drop away.

From Slate • Jun. 28, 2021

"Those who are dissatisfied will drop away and those who remain you'll teach . . ." "I don't think I can," I said.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison