How to Use fall away in a Sentence

fall away

verb
  • Choose what works and let the rest fall away.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
  • Over time, his work as a house painter fell away.
    — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Once submerged, the noise of the park fell away.
    — Brigid Washington, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Instead, that was the night all doubt fell away.
    — Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Here are six books that can—like a good movie—make the rest of the world fall away.
    — Fran Hoepfner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Old differences fell away, and the two got along well.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Many projects weren’t made or fell away, some are still to come, and a few failed to take off.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025
  • The bad nerves fell away on a quick grade to calmness and resolve.
    — Kevin Barry, Harper's Magazine, 2 July 2024
  • But, in the process, the funding fell away, Davis said.
    — Debra Skodack, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
  • After it’s launched, the words fall away, and something else goes on.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Worse, one of those wins falls away when those fighters compete against younger foes.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The set debuted on the charts this spring and quickly fell away.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • To be deeply attentive to one thing is, of course, to let others fall away.
    — Hari Kunzru, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021
  • But these concerns fall away when the performers start singing.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
  • In the water, however, all of that falls away.
    — Susan Young, PEOPLE, 20 Nov. 2025
  • At the same time, in many parts of Europe, taboos have been falling away.
    — Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
  • When Malone raises his cup and leans over, the edge of the stage falls away.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 2 July 2025
  • A lot of older structures have fallen away.
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • Long-term goals become clear once illusions fall away.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Reese’s fall away jumper tied it and set the stage for Robinson’s game-winner.
    — Glenn Reeves, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The first seasons focused more on Sam’s love life and then that seemed to fall away.
    — New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • Next, make a cut from the top slightly farther out so the weight of the branch can fall away safely.
    — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 21 Feb. 2026
  • In that moment, everything else fell away.
    — Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The fairytale of a prince coming to rescue me had fallen away.
    — Jillian Sanders, Time, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Watch the excuses fall away with this simple piece of equipment.
    — Men's Health, 2 May 2023
  • As everything around me began to fall away, my mind scattered.
    — Adrianne Wright, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Discern old ways of presenting yourself that want to fall away.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026

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