away
[əˈweɪ]
Definition:
1. Distant in either space or time.
2. Not present; having left.
3. Out of existence.
Use 'away' in a sentence:
- 1. All our doubts fell away.
- 2. She ran away with her boss.
- 3. Her constant nagging drove him away.
- 4. His Lordship is away on business.
- 5. He's giving away money left, right and centre.
- 6. It's a long way away.
- 7. The thief got clean away.
- 8. I'll do it straight away.
- 9. The nearest star to earth is about 4 light years away.
- 10. She walked quickly away.
- 11. My anger slowly drained away.
- 12. We heard him drive away.
- 13. They shouldn't be allowed to get away with it.
- 14. Will you be away for long?
- 15. He cleared away and made coffee.
- 16. Part of the path had been washed away by the sea.
- 17. The new policy shifted the emphasis away from fighting inflation.
- 18. She's far and away the best player.
- 19. He hacked the ball away.
- 20. I'm not walking—it's miles away.
- 21. I'm going away for a few days.
- 22. They built a wall to avoid soil being washed away.
- 23. She turned her head away.
- 24. We're going away in the summer.
- 25. The car purred away.
- 26. He walked slowly away from her.
- 27. I'm going away on business.
- 28. The beach is a mile away.
- 29. They slipped away unobtrusively.
- 30. I won't be able to get away from the office before 7.
- 31. The plaster had started to come away from the wall.
- 32. We've decided not to go away after all.
- 33. I had to run away for fear he might one day kill me.
- 34. 80 take away 5 is 75.
- 35. She was led away in handcuffs.
- 36. He walked away from his car.
- 37. Make no mistake, this is one crisis that won't just go away.
- 38. His mother passed away last year.
- 39. She was away from work for a week.
- 40. She was seen running away from the scene of the crime.
- 41. I want you to stay away from my daughter.
- 42. He's away on business.
- 43. She brushed the fly away.
- 44. Going away to college has made me much more independent.
- 45. She would give nothing away.
- 46. The houses fell away as we left the city.
- 47. The camera eventually tracked away.
- 48. I never throw anything away.
- 49. She related how he had run away from home as a boy.
- 50. The balance of power shifted away from workers towards employers.
- 51. There has been a move away from nuclear energy.
- 52. The war diverted people's attention away from the economic situation.
- 53. His apartment is three blocks away from the police station.
- 54. It seems such a waste to throw good food away.
- 55. It's only a couple blocks away.
- 56. Christmas is still months away.
- 57. You'll water the plants while I'm away, won't you?
- 58. Write me while you're away.
- 59. When she left school she grew away from her mother.