goes (away)

present tense third-person singular of go (away)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for goes (away)
Verb
  • Each Friday, a piece disappears, and another takes its place.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Soak the silver pieces for 1 to 3 minutes, or until the tarnish disappears, and then carefully remove each silver item.
    Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Gas prices often climb in mid-to-late winter and early spring, because refineries undergo maintenance and prepare to switch back to summer-blend fuel, which costs more to make and evaporates less in warmer weather, according to AAA.
    Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The water evaporates when near heat sources, then condenses back into a liquid when the heat dissipates into the phone’s surrounding aluminum body.
    Gwendolyn Rak, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The warm light gradually melts the wax, releasing a soothing scent without the need for a match.
    Jamie Fischer, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2025
  • As climate change rapidly melts Earth’s ice, sides are being drawn among scientists on whether—and how—science should intervene to save it.
    Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The present is always coming at us so hard and fast that the unexamined past fades more from consciousness in the echo chamber of the now.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Vibrant oranges, milky mints, bright blues, and muted peaches from the album cover mingle well with golds and silvers, high-shine gloss, glitter, ombré, and aura fades.
    Abby Dupes, Allure, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As night falls amid the vast trees and lush greenery, a teenage boy breaks a window, climbs out of it and flees toward the forest on foot.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Along the way, Arenas is imprisoned for admitting to having slept with 5,000 men and eventually flees Cuba on the Mariel boatlift.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • While Sam begins hallucinating people as puppets, Justin breaks up with him.
    Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Belly, devastated by the betrayal, slaps Jeremiah and breaks up with him.
    Alexandra Hurtado, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Goes (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goes%20%28away%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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