Sentence examples for words trailed off from inspiring English sources

The words trailed off into scribbles and he fell from his chair dead.

"We have the proof, but Mark's lawyer —," Ms. Hoff said, shaking her head as her words trailed off.

Her words trailed off, and she broke into the tight grin that her followers know so well.

My words trailed off and my sister's voice became a distant muted sound.

Whether or not it works.... ...... he said, his words trailing off, the sentence unfinished.

"I'm an optimist by nature, but... .. he said, the words trailing off.

"I keep trying to.... Yeah, but... but I'm... " The words trail off into entropy.

"The idea that this time some folks want to start the fire...'..' Mr. Warner said, his words trailing off.

The neat lines of Arabic script were clearly legible, but the edges of many pages had crumbled away, the words trailing off into nothingness.

The words trail off, fading slowly from black to gray and then the faintest hint of articulation; the typographical trope works as a metaphor for our inability nowadays to imagine the Second World War and the lush corner of the globe — one of the most brutal theatres of the war — where the Navy Seabees of the saga found themselves waiting to engage the Japanese.

They are the ones whose words trail off at the end of sentences, who often don't look you in the eye when they speak to you.