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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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 The lookout lies at the southern end of Island in the Sky drive, just off the road on a paved path, with a second perch a one-mile trail away. Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2025 His game started to trail off toward midseason, though, and his world juniors for Canada was average. Corey Pronman, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024 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 4 Apr. 2025.

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