drop away

Example Sentences

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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

However, many of those platforms saw pandemic-era gains drop away as restrictions were lifted.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2023

Whatever caused Nivola to hesitate or overthink before, Russell has seen that drop away in favor of “enthusiastic inventiveness,” he wrote in an email.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2021

I had no logical reason to drop away from everyone uninvolved and with no reason.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2020

Practically no one else sees him, sometimes Sherrie, though even she has begun to distance herself, drop away.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee