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

The stage will then drop away and the rocket’s second stage and the Orion capsule that will carry astronauts in the future will then be on their own in space.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2022

“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

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