waste away
phrasal verb
wasted away; wasting away; wastes away
: to become thinner and weaker because of illness or lack of food
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Now the Dodge Ram was sitting in a parking lot outside the soldier’s apartment, wasting away in the sun, costing Antonio money.
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Eli Saslow, New York Times, 4 May 2025
In such cases, law-enforcement officers—but also, at times, doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel, mostly working for private corporations—watch for days, weeks, and months as ailing people waste away in their care.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
The voiceover continues by saying that as the workers desert the queen, the colony wastes away.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
Experience the world of wasting away and your own slice of paradise here at Margaritaville Beach House, which was renovated and rebranded in late 2021.
—Cynthia J Drake, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
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Eli Saslow, New York Times, 4 May 2025
In such cases, law-enforcement officers—but also, at times, doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel, mostly working for private corporations—watch for days, weeks, and months as ailing people waste away in their care.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
The voiceover continues by saying that as the workers desert the queen, the colony wastes away.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Apr. 2025
Experience the world of wasting away and your own slice of paradise here at Margaritaville Beach House, which was renovated and rebranded in late 2021.
—Cynthia J Drake, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for waste away
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“Waste away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waste%20away. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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