fall away
Example Sentences
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The brick window ledge of the windowsill cut into my hands as the fire escape fell away to careen to the ground.
From Literature
Few women choose to study computer science in the first place, then "once you get more senior, women fall away", Hall said.
From Barron's
Cook said the first turn on the course, which Vonn was traversing when she got into trouble, is actually much steeper falling away from the skier than it looks on TV.
From Los Angeles Times
In November, Scotland were poor enough to fall 17-0 behind against New Zealand and yet good enough to make it 17-17 thereafter, before falling away at the end.
From BBC
As she does so, everything else falls away, leaving only this image of solitary resistance against a force that does not answer back.
From Los Angeles Times
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