fall away
Example Sentences
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But these concerns fall away when the performers start singing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026
That is what Chelsea are playing for too, after that run of six straight league defeats saw them fall away from the Champions League places.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
It helps, too, that, by the nature of the film’s long-winded narrative structure, we’re able to witness the pretenses between Mary and Sam slowly fall away.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
Conran’s herbaceous borders fall away toward a “ha-ha,” an infinity-edge garden with a hidden wall ditch to make the grass appear continuous with the fields beyond.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Our eyes meet and hold, and the world starts to fall away, time does, years rolling up like rugs, until everything that’s happened unhappens, and for a moment, it’s us again, more one than two.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
