shuffle off
Example Sentences
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Lawrence: Having been there, I was always blown away, when somebody announces their retirement, you expect them to shuffle off into the ether.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026
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
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
I watched Grandpa shuffle off toward the barn and disappear inside.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
