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
“Barbie” was the year’s greatest Trojan horse, a pop art tale of empowerment that wants us to think about what it means to shuffle off this mortal coil.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2024
What is it that we will remember from our lives before we all shuffle off this mortal coil?
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 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
“Let’s go,” he says to his cronies, and they shuffle off.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
