How to Use come off in a Sentence
come off
verb-
From there, Hawaii never let their foot come off the gas.
— Scott Thompson, Fox News, 28 Aug. 2022 -
The other pilot made an emergency landing, reporting that one of the wheels had come off the landing gear.
— Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2022 -
During our resistance tests, this body makeup did not transfer onto the towel or come off when sprayed with water.
— Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2022 -
The first or second week that the buses were coming, there was a young man who had come off a bus and said that a family member was going to pick him up.
— Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2022 -
Clayton Kershaw will come off the IL this week and will fill Gonsolin’s role in the rotation for now.
— Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022 -
But because it's being conveyed with humor, Fetterman doesn't come off poorly for going on the attack.
— Kara Alaimo, CNN, 29 July 2022 -
But somehow, Pitt’s cheeky nods to his own stardom don’t come off as desperate to many viewers; instead, his antics seem to endear him to them even more.
— Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2022 -
Some of them have come off the field, like the hoopla surrounding the intersection of his romantic life and former teammate Dax Milne.
— Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022 -
Wall Street is coming off a winning session that propelled the S&P 500 and Dow to all-time highs.
— Lisa Kailai Han,alex Harring, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024 -
Tampa Bay is coming off a high-scoring overtime loss at Atlanta in which Baker Mayfield played great.
— Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024 -
Taylor Swift is also coming off an Album of the Year victory for Midnights.
— Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 14 Oct. 2024 -
Brionna Jones has come off the bench for most of the season, often as the first substitution for Jonquel Jones, who starts alongside Thomas.
— Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2022 -
Ads that use interested search data and browser history will come off as less creepy than ads using information picked up from apps that capture what the consumer is saying when their microphone is turned on.
— Expert Panel®, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 -
This was the point where my shoes came off and the snacks came out.
— Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024 -
Jason Heyward came off the bench to triple in the eighth and homer in the ninth.
— Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 29 May 2024 -
As the year wore on, though, the bloom started to come off the NFT rose in a big way.
— Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2022 -
Of course, the Courage weren’t coming off a midweek match.
— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2024 -
In total, just six of their 23 points didn’t come off turnovers.
— Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2022 -
Montoya started the first game of the season, but has since come off the bench.
— Marisa Ingemi, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Sep. 2022 -
There was a small spot where the paint had come off entirely.
— Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023 -
The 37-year-old Rapinoe had come off the bench, and didn’t play at all Sunday night.
— Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2022 -
Yap came off the bench to lead Fresno State with 17 points.
— Ron Counts, Idaho Statesman, 24 Jan. 2024 -
The Tritons are coming off a four-game sweep of Stephen F. Austin.
— Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024 -
McDonald will be the first one to come off the board on Monday.
— Stephen Means, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2022 -
While the ride was in descent, the bracket hit the coaster’s track and came off the coaster train.
— Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024 -
Taurasi, who came off the bench for the first time, had her best showing of the Games with four assists and three points.
— Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2024 -
Just a little bit of the excitement has come off of it.
— Dallas News, 9 Dec. 2022 -
Clowney, 31, is coming off one of his best seasons to date.
— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2024 -
The magazine posters had come off his wall and John’s art went up on his wall.
— Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024 -
There were fan areas and food trucks and a gentle breeze coming off the ocean.
— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2024
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