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