How to Use come away from in a Sentence

come away from

phrasal verb
  • Still, the Rams came away from the loss with a positive outlook.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • His sneakers are dirty, and Margaret can see that the sole is coming away from the body of the left shoe.
    Sally Rooney, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
  • Yet O’Connor came away from his first tussle with ice, around 2010, wanting more.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The gasoline does not affect the molasses in any way, but when water is encountered, the coating comes away from the stick.
    Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
  • While the two were going through the same process, Walker comes away from the offseason even more impressed by his teammate.
    Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 30 July 2023
  • Two of them will come away from this weekend as conference champions and earn trips to the Super Bowl.
    Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Now, those executives have come away from recent visits to the country with a more sober view.
    Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
  • MacKenzie came away from the meeting assured, and determined to start filling in those gaps.
    Megan Molteni, STAT, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Holladay came away from the movie impressed with Gosling’s dedication and his down-to-earth support for his stunt team.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The feud came to a head earlier this year, when Synan came away from the Feb. 21 meeting believing his firing was imminent.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Roberts still came away from the series with the National League East leaders encouraged by the Dodgers’ performance.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
  • Enter Email Sign Up Schlossberg also came away from the experience awed by his famous grandad’s courage in the face of great peril.
    Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Besides battling a blister in his foot, though, Snell and Melvin both came away from his 3⅓ innings with more positive takeaways than his first three.
    Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
  • Ismail met Kissinger again in May but came away from the meeting believing that only a crisis would change Kissinger’s calculus.
    Martin Indyk, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The bottom of the bag has a removable shoe compartment that can easily fit two pairs of shoes or come away from the bag entirely to make this mini bag even smaller.
    Molly Harris, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2023
  • Guests of all ages report coming away from the experience with profound feelings of calm, healing and insight.
    Roger Sands, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • The Israelis came away from the violence of the second intifada believing that concessions and a search for peace would be met with more violence.
    Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The lawsuit said the chief came away from a February meeting with Kobasuk believing his firing to be imminent.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 18 Mar. 2024
  • But the Browns won, 24-3, playing a little Big Ten West football and finally coming away from a season opener at home unbeaten.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The chief came away from a February meeting with Kobasuk believing his firing to be imminent.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2024
  • But outside, attendees expressed frustration with the mess in Congress, even as some came away from the event with sympathy for their congressman’s plight.
    Kayla Guo, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The Mets came away from the workout anticipating shallow hits in their weekend series against the Philadelphia Phillies.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 8 June 2024
  • Many members of the federal panel came away from the last round of discussions in December unsatisfied.
    Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Markets came away from Jerome Powell's speech Friday expecting interest rates could stay higher for longer.
    Karen Langley, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Kelly, the Dodgers reliever, came away from the news conference with an even higher opinion of Ohtani, the two-time American League most valuable player who is already considered the best all-around player in the game.
    Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Those problems include the twins’ personal lives: Elliot’s drug habit and Beverly sleeping with a patient, but one comes away from the show feeling that Elliot’s research is the primary scandal.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 8 May 2023
  • Similarly, the majority of Amazon’s commissions have also come away from the states.
    Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 1 July 2024
  • Alcantara’s contributions this season for a Miami Marlins team coming off a surprise playoff appearance in 2023 will have to come away from the field.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Either way, the Biden family by all accounts came away from their meeting more committed to continuing his reelection bid.
    W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 July 2024
  • Glue was coming away from the seams of ballast bags, and mounting bolts threatened to rupture them; both sealing faces had errant plunge holes and O-ring grooves that deviated from standard design parameters.
    Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 1 July 2023

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