shuffle off
Example Sentences
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Do not be fooled by suggestions Australia have unveiled a list of geriatrics, ready to shuffle off to a cricketing retirement home, tending the garden in their baggy green caps.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025
One has chosen to shuffle off this mortal coil.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024
While some shrews shuffle off this mortal coil in less than 14 months, bowhead whales can swim in Arctic waters for more than two centuries.
From Scientific American • Jan. 31, 2023
Men in black rise for predawn prayers and shuffle off to classrooms where Bibles are scattered on the tables and politeness reigns.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2020
A grizzly may chew on a limp form for a minute or two but generally will lose interest and shuffle off.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
