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

But for some young people who have been in care, support can drop away when they reach 18 and leave the care system.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 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

“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