trail away/off

phrasal verb

trailed away/off; trailing away/off; trails away/off
used to say that someone's voice becomes softer and softer and then stops
She started asking him a question, but then her voice trailed off.

Examples of trail away/off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Before the rain pulls off to the northeast by midday, some places near the Chesapeake Bay could pick up half an inch or more, while amounts may trail off quite a bit west of the Beltway. Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024 This spur trail off the adjacent greenway carries you over some grassy wetlands with regenerating hardwoods and a cattail marsh. Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 There will be fantasy and magic, too, as the summer begins to fade and the movie blockbusters trail off. Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2022 De Haan expects the average to rise another 5 cents to 10 cents a gallon by the end of the week before starting to potentially trail off slightly. Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 26 July 2023 That may sound like good news, but most of the positive impact of the recovery of in-person services will trail off by early 2023. Gad Levanon For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 25 Feb. 2022 McGrevy and her co-worker then ran down the trail away from the man, in the direction of Wolverine Peak. Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2023 On Monday afternoon, a woman and her Belgian Malinois named Eva began walking along a trail off Highway 299 near the Northern California town of Big Bar, a little over an hour’s drive west of Redding. Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022 Franconia Falls is one of the many jewels of the White Mountains, a stunning series of rocky cascades and pools that are very popular among families because of the easy access along a flat trail off the Kancamagus Highway. John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023

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“Trail away/off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trail%20away%2Foff. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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