Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word away-the.
Examples
-
And then be passed, and the flood of primordial life rolled back again, sweeping his handiwork away-the weeds and the forest inundated his fields, the beasts of prey swept over his flocks, and now there are wolves on the Cliff House beach.
Page 7 2010
-
Wilderness is never far away-the land remembers forests, and our pavements are just a dream to it.
MIND MELD: Real-Life Places That Inspire Exceptional World Building 2009
-
The skull-smashing sequence was the only scene not filmed in the studio; it was shot in a field, a couple of hundred yards away-the only time Stanley went on location.
Tin 2010
-
It was about 25 feet off the ground and just 200 yards away-the length of two football fields.
Washington's Heroes 2007
-
She was obliged to an unwelcome intimacy with his body, an acquaintance that awoke memories she had with great difficulty put away-the feel of his knee pushing her thighs apart, the rough joviality of his touch between her legs, the sun-bleached blond hairs that curled crisply on his thighs and forearms, the unwashed, musky male smell of him.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
-
I have to put clothes away-the question is, Where?
Nickel and Dimed Ehrenreich, Barbara 2001
-
They have taken her away-the men from the construction site!
Ripping Time Asprin, Robert 2000
-
The lines on the TV would go away-the whole house would heave a big sigh, even the cats!
A Funny Time to Be Gay Ed Karvoski Jr. 1997
-
The lines on the TV would go away-the whole house would heave a big sigh, even the cats!
A Funny Time to Be Gay Ed Karvoski Jr. 1997
-
There were no women here; those chiefs whose womenfolk had accompanied them had sent the ladies safely away-the coming doom cast a long shadow.
Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.