How to Use by the wayside in a Sentence

by the wayside

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• Even thriving gardens can appear chaotic when a few maintenance tasks fall by the wayside.
  — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 2 July 2026
• In the world of lower-body exercises, the wall sit often falls by the wayside, overlooked for other staples like deadlifts and squats.
  — Christa Sgobba, Health, 19 May 2026
• The early stages of last year’s tournament were utterly consumed by that drama, with big names falling by the wayside wherever and whenever fans looked.
  — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 2 July 2026
• But that, of course, is not usually, or even often, the actual case, and as her idealism falls by the wayside, the use of violence in pursuit of justice begins to make sense to her.
  — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 6 July 2026
• Camlipixant is in the P2X3 antagonist class, which has seen other drug candidates fall by the wayside.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 17 July 2026