FELL AWAY Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

fell away

verb

past tense of fall away

as in decreased

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually as the years went by, the public's interest in the murder case fell away

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Recent Examples of fell away The sense of a cultural in- and out-group dissolved as niche communities grew and old-school ideas of coolness fell away. —

Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 8 May 2026 There was a silent boom; in the thrill of the snake, everything unnecessary fell away. —

Literary Hub, 1 May 2026 Three minutes into the flight, the booster switched off its engines and fell away from New Glenn’s upper stage, powered by two BE-3U engines burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. —

Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 Apr. 2026 Sooner or later, those fans and hands fell away, and the statues remained, growing less and less presentable. —

Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026 Old differences fell away, and the two got along well. —

Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026 But, in the process, the funding fell away, Davis said. —

Debra Skodack, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026 The specks of warmth salvaged from the inside of the patrol car, which had clung to his skin under his gray sweatpants and hooded striped sweatshirt, soon fell away. —

USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026 Midway through a steep sidehill, with a tough right turn at the bottom, racers had to fight to find the fastest line into a hard right turn as the mountain fell away in the other direction. —

Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026

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At an optimal dosage of 10 g/L, the lag phase of hydrogen production decreased by about 50%, and the specific hydrogen yield increased by roughly 33%, according to researchers.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
Wealthy Russians, Ukrainians, and northern Europeans snapped up properties, too—though visitors from the Russian-speaking world have decreased since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war.

— Rebecca Rose, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026