trail off

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trail off and trail away

to fade away, as with speech, words, singing, etc. Her voice trailed off as she saw who was waiting at the door. Ken's words trailed away as he passed out.

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He has accompanied this incoherence with some wild unmeaning gestures; but they trail off into the progressive inaction of stupor, and he lies a log upon the bed. The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context			trace over track track down track into some place track over track up trade trade at trade down trade for trade in trade insults trade off trade on trade places trade secret trade up trade up from trade with traffic traffic in traffic jam trail trail behind trail by trail off trail over train train as train for train in train of thought train on train sights on train up to training traipse traipse around traipse over tramp tramp across tramp through trample trample down trample on trample out trample to transcribe transcribe from transcribe in transfer			trail formation trail head trail head Trail horse Trail magic Trail magic Trail maintenance Trail maintenance Trail maintenance Trail maintenance Trail Making Test Trail Making Test Part B trail mix trail mix Trail net Trail of Broken Treaties Trail of Broken Treaties Trail of Broken Treaties Trail Of Dead Trail of Joy Trail of Tears Trail of Tears Association Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Trail of Tears State Forest Trail of Tears State Park Trail of Tears Trail Trail of the Ancients - Colorado Trail of the Ancients - Utah Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway trail off trail over trail pheromone Trail Riders Fellowship Trail Riders of DuPage Trail Riders of Greater Stanislaus Trail Riders of Houston Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies Trail Riders of Today Trail Ridge Road Trail Ridge Road Trail Ridge Road Scenic Byway Trail Ridge Road/Beaver Meadow National Scenic Byway trail riding Trail Riding Alberta Conference Trail Riding Equestrians in Kentucky Trail rope Trail Runs Through It Trail Termination Point Trail Termination Source Identifier Trail to Every Classroom Trail to First Class Trail Trace Identifier Trail View State Park Trail's End Vizsla Club of Oregon trail-making test

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