fade away
Example Sentences
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Many of those original roads have faded away, swallowed by high-speed highways or erased by suburban expansion.
From Los Angeles Times
“It helps if you focus on doing something. Like right now, my hands caring for the kalo. The whispers fade away.”
From Literature
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“This has been done properly in tons of movies, and it’s just trusting yourself and having the confidence that, yeah, people are going to look at this drawing and not fade away from it.”
From Salon
There was a low rumble that vibrated for a second or two, then faded away.
From Los Angeles Times
Coach P. waves me over and Ray fades away.
From Literature
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