trail away/off

phrasal verb

trailed away/off; trailing away/off; trails away/off
used to say that someone's voice becomes softer and softer and then stops
She started asking him a question, but then her voice trailed off.

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Chaffee County deputies responded at about 4 p.m. Tuesday to reports of a body found on the Agnes Vaille Falls trail off of County Road 162, according to a post on social media from the sheriff’s office. Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 29 May 2025 According to Brenda, who has bizarre energy and a tendency to trail off mid-thought, the house was abandoned after a fire. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2025 Budget constraints kept such changes and vehicle access to the trail off limits since 2009. Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 1 Mar. 2025 Nothing stays fixed, though: tones slide, decay, trail off. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trail away/off

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“Trail away/off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trail%20away%2Foff. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.

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