How to Use fall away in a Sentence
fall away
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The longer one looks at the picture, the more the text falls away and the footwork comes forth.
—Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Sep. 2023
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But as it’s brushed clean, the mass falls away, revealed as a clump of dirt.
—Jo Marchant, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2024
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In the distance, the level sands of the Gobi fell away as far as the eye could see.
—Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
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The bad nerves fell away on a quick grade to calmness and resolve.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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Set the tart pan on a bowl so the sides fall away or unlatch the springform side and lift it off.
—BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2021
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State of the Union Union Berlin was supposed to have fallen away by now.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2023
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After it’s launched, the words fall away, and something else goes on.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2023
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Over the last few years, that image has begun to fall away.
—Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2023
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The first seasons focused more on Sam’s love life and then that seemed to fall away.
—New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
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When getting into a room like that with all that clutter—the shape of the room just falls away.
—Diane Williams, Harper's Magazine, 8 Feb. 2022
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Once Antonoff saw the Maid star, all anxieties fell away.
—Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
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Inside, parts of the ceiling are chipped and falling away.
—J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2023
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Those that can, innovate and those that can’t, fall away.
—Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 13 Oct. 2020
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To be deeply attentive to one thing is, of course, to let others fall away.
—Hari Kunzru, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
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The planks that rested on top of the support fell away, and Osorio fell through the catwalk.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024
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For the first time in his adult life, Stetson Bennett IV spent a fall away from football.
—Adam Grosbard, Orange County Register, 28 May 2024
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Worse, one of those wins falls away when those fighters compete against younger foes.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
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But over several listens, the backstory starts to fall away, and the song as a whole sinks in.
—Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 2 Nov. 2023
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Larson didn’t have the fastest car, just one that got out front at the right time while other top contenders fell away.
—Pete Iacobelli, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
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Once the Grammy winner saw the Maid star, though, all his anxieties fell away.
—Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
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Many of the strictures of the Taliban did fall away, and thousands of girls and women were allowed to attend school and take jobs.
—Kevin Liptak, CNN, 23 Aug. 2021
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Now, as the economy slows, many of the costs that drove inflation have fallen away.
—Michael Grabell, ProPublica, 3 May 2023
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Almost all have fallen away except for one: events in the cockpit.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Mar. 2023
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Mortar is falling away from the bricks and cracks run through the exterior walls.
—Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2023
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Watch the excuses fall away with this simple piece of equipment.
—Men's Health, 2 May 2023
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The thing that nobody tells you about hair loss is that, while all those strands fall away, the hair that remains is impacted just as much.
—Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 4 Jan. 2022
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Farnsworth and others say the halcyon days of 1994 began to fall away just five years later.
—Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022
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Even though the Tigers were within a fall away from the Utes, there was a strong sense the Utes weren’t going to give them that kind of mistake on such a big opening night.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
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The house was partially submerged, parts of it fell away and the rest was left precariously perched on the edge of a hill.
—Eleonore Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2023
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After the two-minute mark, the SLS boosters finished burning through their propellant and fell away.
—Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 16 Nov. 2022
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