die away

Idioms  

1. Also, die down. Gradually diminish, fade, or subside; slowly come to an end. For example, As they moved higher up, their voices died away, or The rain seems to be dying down. The first term, from the late 1600s, today is most often applied to a diminishing sound and was originally used to describe the wind slowing down or ceasing to blow. The variant dates from the first half of the 1800s.

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Example Sentences

Shouts of approval for Saldaña’s emotional rendition of “México Lindo y Querido,” the classic ranchera that asks the living to take the protagonist back to Mexico if he should die away from his home country.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2023

“When you come under attack, all of the friction of a news organization, they die away, especially with the mission of journalism, if you know what you’re supposed to do,” she said in an interview.

From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2021

And because they are freighted with their own history of making and use, they can function like aromas that briefly unlock troves of private narrative, only to die away.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2021

He presses play and rushes out, reappearing when the last notes die away.

From The Guardian • Feb. 22, 2019

Be careful with him always that there may be nothing to excite him of this kind for a long time to come; the traces of such an illness as his do not lightly die away.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Related Words

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