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.
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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
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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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