trail away en · VERB
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of trail off.
alt of trail off
His eyes in and out of the cafés and scanning the park benches but no sign of her as the afternoon trailed away.
2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 10, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 64:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| trailing away | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| trailed away | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| trailed away | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| trails away | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |