Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for went (away)
Verb
-
Two years later, her older sister, Annette Cole, also disappeared.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
5 Feb. 2026 -
On July 2, 1937 Earhart was at the controls of a twin-engine Lockheed Electra 10E aircraft, with Fred Noonan serving as navigator, when the plane disappeared.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
-
Haiti’s security has deteriorated so sharply that the tentative hope many Haitians felt at the start of the ruling panel’s transition has largely evaporated.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2026
-
His lead in the race for the Republican nomination has all but evaporated.—
Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
-
The system was able to consistently track how these icebergs split, drifted, and melted over time.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
-
Sprinkle with more Parmesan and bake until the cheese is nicely melted, about 3 to 4 minutes.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
-
The Haitian immigrant, along with hundreds of thousands of others in the past decade, fled his home country to escape violence and repression.—
Dan Horn,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Feb. 2026
-
Mitchell’s companion yanked a necklace off Reed’s neck before both suspects fled the area, authorities said.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
-
After my grandmother passed, Italy no longer felt like the mother ship, and the younger generation’s Italian Americanness faded with assimilation.—
Chris Morocco,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Feb. 2026
-
The sharp and stressful spikes of the pandemic years may have faded, but the baseline tension hasn’t.—
Stefanie Groner,
Glamour,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
-
The ceremonies, too, were split geographically, with Olympic cauldrons in both cities, with the athletes’ parade further shared with Livigno and Predazzo, national delegations divided according to where their events would be held.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
-
When looking at Mound, Richardson, Lanana, for example, a viewer can focus on how it is divided into three equal parts from left to right, or on its alternating light-and-dark grid of diamonds, or on the smallest, 9-by-9 grid of stitched squares.—
Benjamin Lima
Special Contributor,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Feb. 2026
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Went (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/went%20%28away%29. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
