fallen away

past participle of fall away

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fallen away While players would often flourish on first arriving in McCullum’s dressing room, Root is the only one whose average has not fallen away. Ben Jones, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Winding along Prospect’s curving paths, there’s a sense that the outside world has fallen away. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026 Keep an eye out for flowers in which the petals and stamens have fallen away completely. Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 21 July 2026 A lot of older structures have fallen away. Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 Engagement and enthusiasm from a client that has gradually but undeniably fallen away. Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 The business has since fallen away, but Lorenz’s archival pieces can be found online—Kate’s included. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 10 May 2026 People are now seeing the vulnerability of a world that wasn’t really based on laws; it was based on norms of prosecutorial decision and discretion, and that’s sort of fallen away. ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2026 And buying it as a second car, that phenomenon has really, really fallen away in recent years as prices have gone up and everything’s got more expensive. Joel Feder, The Drive, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fallen away
Verb
  • In the decade between 2026 and 2016, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the hours men spend on household activities have fractionally increased, while the hours carried out by women have slightly decreased.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • This number has decreased since 2015, when nearly 20% of Connecticut adults used tobacco products.
    Sasha Allen, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The term refers to when tobacco companies in the 1990s were forced to pay billions of dollars for misleading the public about the safety and potential harms of their products, and subsequently saw their power and influence dramatically diminished.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
  • But the likelihood of finding more survivors has diminished sharply since the first 72 hours after the earthquake.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Spokespeople for Canadian officials involved in the talks have repeatedly declined to provide additional details about the negotiations to NBC News.
    Steve Kopack, NBC news, 22 Aug. 2026
  • City spokesperson Sherae Honeycutt said Independence has not been served with Kennon’s lawsuit and declined to comment.
    Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Chow, Lee and Ho were prominent figures within Hong Kong’s now-defunct democracy movement, which has seen most of its leaders either jailed, fled overseas or fallen silent.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Wildcats have fallen from annual championship contenders to regular first-round playoff exits.
    Jack Leo, AJC.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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“Fallen away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallen%20away. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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