shuffle off
Example Sentences
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"Maybe, by the time I shuffle off this mortal coil, there might be a little more awareness… of the need to bring things back together again," he says.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
By 1 a.m., when we all decided to shuffle off to bed, I realized I had forgotten a phone charger.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2023
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
“Let’s go,” he says to his cronies, and they shuffle off.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
