Write sentence with word away

Antonym: near. Similar words: in a way, get away, await, award, put away, die away, pass away, take away. Meaning: [ə’weɪ]  adj. 1. not present; having left 2. used of an opponent’s ground 3. (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter. adv. 1. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth’ is obsolete) 2. from one’s possession 3. out of the way (especially away from one’s thoughts) 4. out of existence 5. at a distance in space or time 6. indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily 7. so as to be removed or gotten rid of 8. freely or at will 9. in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping) 10. in a different direction 11. in reserve; not for immediate use. 

Sentences with the word Away?

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Play / pause 0:00 0:00 volume < previous > next away (adj): not here or not at its usual place Listen to all    |    All sentences (with pause) Used with nouns: «Our team is playing an away game this weekend.« (game) Play / pause 0:00 0:00 volume < previous > next away (adv): towards another place; at another place; not home or here Listen to all    |    All sentences (with pause) Used with verbs: «Her daughter ran away from home.« (ran, moved, stayed) «Please put your things away.« (put, place) «She looked away from the accident scene.« (looked, turned) «We’re so stressed, we need to get away.« (get, go) «Please keep this away from children.« (keep) «His money is locked away in a safe place.« (locked, stored) Used with adjectives: «They moved far away.« (far) Previous Word by Letter: awareness Next Word by Letter: baby Previous Word by Frequency: size Next Word by Frequency: big

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1.
It was decades old and at least two years away, down in the Gengee somewhere

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2.
«Although they are both away from their principal partner,» she pointed out

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3.
Mal: 2:6: The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity

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My original view [since revised!] was that “if you can’t give it away you might as well give up!” I also wanted to distribute copies to gain feedback as family and friends are not always the best critics

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5.
My earliest memories of my father were of him being away a lot on a case in Anchorage

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6.
Her fingertips brushed his forearm and he tried not to pull away

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7.
I look away to an overflowing closet

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8.
Take decisive actions, rather than detaching completely from problems and stresses and wishing they would just go away

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9.
All for a cargo deposited in a warehouse a year or two away

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10.
He felt a little teary, but he wasn’t going to give the game away

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«Haven’t made up my mind,» he answered before he drifted away in thought

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12.
The Militia guards all have a horn at their posts, but Tom is about five hundred feet away from his

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13.
He kept pining away for a blond girl he spent only one sleep with who was only passing thru Sinbara didn’t he? The one he met just before Ava

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14.
consistently put it towards what you want to achieve, then in one year what would that add up to? You will be blown away

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15.
“Will this take me closer to or further away from what I want?”

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16.
Yorthops asked how things were going and Ava prattled away about Kulai and the mathematics of cargo investing the whole walk

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17.
The only liquid he consumed was his own urine, and he wasted away quickly

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18.
It is a natural blend of iron phosphate found in the soil and a natural bait that lures slugs and snails away from their hiding places

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19.
The gopher or mole sees its reflection and runs away — plus, they can’t dig through the bottles

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20.
However we should try and stay away from heavily cushioned walking shoes

21.
· Keep medications out of reach or locked away

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22.
In the decades since, she’d tried to convince everyone, including herself, that she disliked him and had sent him away

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23.
Levi in his walk with God, he turns many away from

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24.
Personal knowledge about the patient can help in key diagnostic findings; but that does not take away the other aspects of the process of consultation

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25.
Nancy looked away, studied the floor a bit

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26.
At three hundred people per square mile you can get away with it, at over a thousand like these people live, and a K-type sun, the energy flux just isn’t high enough

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27.
“Don’t think you’re getting away from answering the question that easily,” Johnny smirked

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28.
“Hardly!” Johnny paced away from her in the small cramped confines of the steel elevator they were in

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29.
Time! He’s probably scaring away the gnats around this garage, too

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30.
«The first quarter inch, I put the rest of it away

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Also, because much stress is now psychological or emotional, there’s nothing obvious to run away from or fight and so the stress hormones build up in the body with damaging effects

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32.
We just never investigated what the ‘spare parts’ were when they stored it away

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33.
Nancy looked away, trying to appear casual, before acting surprised that the question was directed at her

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34.
He noticed her staring out of the corner of his eye and looked directly at her, at which point she looked away

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35.
Kulai finally gave up his security blanket at the Kassikan because he has me to back him up and you want me to go away for how long? A year?»

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36.
Dusting is best for crawling pests such as snails and slugs, spiders, snakes, rats, gophers (place into tunnels), ants, fleas (outdoors only), and will keep, rabbits, deer and coyotes away (sprinkle around property edge)

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37.
And, he is away in henarDee till next week

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38.
Isa: 50:5: The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back

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39.
A relaxing, routine activity right before bedtime conducted away from bright lights helps separate your sleep time from activities that can cause excitement, stress or anxiety which can make it more difficult to fall asleep, get sound and deep sleep or remain asleep

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40.
» Without introducing themselves, they just nodded their heads and walked away

41.
You see, when Janet irons, all traces of her husband go away

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42.
Pain Away: This is a blend of oils that includes Helichrysum

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43.
She could see it in his eyes and turned away from him

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44.
He stammered and opened his mouth, but then shut it again and turned away

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45.
His death was documented, photographed, and he was filed away in the morgue

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46.
«No thank you, the Lord will save me!» he said, and the man in the rowboat rowed away

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47.
«No thank you, the Lord will save me!» he said again, and the man rowed away

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48.
my sins away, is Lord

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49.
«Don’t give too much away,» Herndon told her

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50.
She thought Herndon wanted to accuse him of stealing it from New Brazil, but that would be counter productive and would give away a lot more information than it would gain

51.
The bolt barely lodged itself into Vald’s thigh and was flicked away like a stray crumb

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52.
This has forced them to curtail on such expenses and also reduce/do away with the assured returns on the pension schemes

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53.
Many have marginalized their elders, taken their powers and responsibilities away

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54.
The Operator fidgeted, wiping away at the sweat on his forehead to keep it out of his eyes

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55.
We wiped everything off with warm water, threw away a lot of grains, disassembled the shelves and painted the pantry walls

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56.
I stuck it out for a good while, but it was making me ill … in the end, I let my house out and moved away

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57.
That wouldn’t be until the next dusk, still fifty hours away by her guess

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58.
“First we get the Chip, and then these will help us get away,” she said

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59.
Stay away from pointed questions about college or career plans; most sixteen-year-olds have not yet decided and resent pestering

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60.
‘Joanna had been away from the town for some years

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It was making me ill … in the end, I let my house out and moved away

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62.
Many of us are in a better financial situation that we did not have the luxury of when we had to work and spend so much time away from our children in order to feed, cloth, and keep a roof over their heads

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63.
Half throwing me away from himself, so that I stagger as he takes his hands off me, he turns and paces back to the door

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64.
His head was turned away from it as he was watching Scar fight Nancy and Silence

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65.
In the end he just ended up shrugging and wiping away the sweat from his eyes

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66.
And it will only last long enough to disorientate everyone and allow us to get away,” she said with a glint in her eye

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67.
Anyway, she trained as a nurse and went away to work in Bristol

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68.
Nancy and Silence were still backing away from Scar

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69.
It didn’t help that he kept cutting off any potential escape route; he was always just at arms length away

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70.
The very act of giving something away that supposedly belongs to you causes you to experience happiness

71.
“Get down!” Red yelled as she threw the grenades as far away from her as possible

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72.
They just stare ahead with those fleeting, guilty eyes that just look away from the truth

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73.
’ He replied conversationally, though it is plain his thoughts are miles away

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74.
It’s weird but I feel like I should remember more about my dad but it’s only some small things that stay vivid in my head while the rest kind of fades away

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75.
This helps them in keeping away 20 Mule Team Borax: This is not a soap but an from any synthetic chemical used against them

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76.
“I never knew my parents because they both passed away when I was young,” Nancy said in a quiet voice

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77.
Throw away the contents next day

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78.
He would talk no more after that, but took the wheel and concentrated on the race to the tunnel, five hours away at the speed he was driving

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79.
Boric acid powder is an excellent, safe (do not ingest! Keep away from cuts, wear gloves) control of roaches inside the home if used correctly

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80.
Throw away any food stuff with cockroach cases

81.
Try varieties that will keep them away

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82.
We plan for old age and build house, invest intelligently but if we succumb to love and write away every thing to our children then we are sowing the seed of pain and suffering

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83.
But it all got too much in the end and she moved away

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84.
They can attack the structure far away from the soil

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85.
He found a pond to wash the blood away, but the insects thrived in shallow water

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86.
This basically means that if your portfolios are tied up too much into banks fixed deposits and bonds, your buying power may fade away over the years

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87.
Slowly, she moved her hand away from the holopad that controlled the androids

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88.
She was well away from her command controls now and there would be nothing she could do in time before he got to her

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89.
Realistically, the most Ackers would do was lecture his brain away into a melted pile of unrecognizable goo

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90.
For instance, if you are more than 5 years away from retirement, you can find out the return you need to earn considering your present saving pattern or you can find out the amount you need to invest at a given rate of return

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He wheeled his nervous mount around and had his pocket eye in his hand as soon as the thunder died away

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92.
’ He said, ‘Paul Jarvis and I suggested it would be better all round if she kept away from the police station, though he has been keeping her up to date on what is going on

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93.
‘Oh Mum! Are you all right? Who was that?’ she said anxiously ‘I wanted to come and see you but Paul said it would be better if I stayed away

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94.
The force unhinged Serpent’s jaw and he slithered away, tasting the dirt as he crawled

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95.
Ackers turned away from the paper boy and peered into the house

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96.
«It was probably the shuttlecraft that spooked them, once I urged mine to speed, they got carried away

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97.
The paper boy hurried away

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away (adv): somewhere else, or to or in a different place, position, or situation

Use “away” in a sentence

In most instances, the pain goes away soon.

Who’s going to look after the children while you’re away?

The thief ran away when he saw a policeman.

The beach is a mile away.

The station is 100 meters away.

Keep away from the electrical equipment.

Please put the folding chairs away.

The pain will go away by itself within a few days.

Stay away from my motorcycle. Back to “3000 Most Common Words in English”

ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE FOR INTERMEDIATE

UNIT 145. Phrasal verbs 9  away/ back

A	Compare away and back: away = away from home √ We’re going away on holiday today. away = away from a place, a person etc. √ The woman got into her car, started the engine and drove away. √ I tried to take a picture of the bird, but it flew away. √ I dropped the ticket and it blew away in the wind. √ The police searched the house and took away a computer. In the same way you can say: walk away, run away, look away etc. back = back home √ We’ll be back in three weeks. back= back to a place, a person etc. √ A: I’m going out now. B: What time will you be back? √ After eating at a restaurant, we walked back to our hotel. √ I’ve still got Jane’s keys. I forgot to give them back to her. √ When you’ve finished with that book, can you put it back on the shelf? In the same way you can say: go back, come back, get back, take something back etc.
B	Other verbs + away get away =escape, leave with difficulty √ We tried to catch the thief, but she managed to get away. get away with something =do something wrong without being caught √ I parked in a no-parking zone, but I got away with it. I didn’t have to pay a fine. keep away (from … ) =don’t go near √ Keep away from the edge of the pool. You might fall in. give something away =give it to somebody else because you don’t want it any more √ ‘Did you sell your old computer?’ ‘No, I gave it away.’ put something away =put it in the place where it is kept, usually out of sight √ When the children had finished playing with their toys, they put them away. throw something away =put it in the rubbish √ I kept the letter, but I threw away the envelope.
C	Other verbs + back wave back /smile back /shout back /write back /hit somebody back √ I waved to her and she waved back. call/phone/ring (somebody) back =return a phone call √ I can’t talk to you now. I’ll call you back in ten minutes. get back to somebody = reply to them by phone etc. √ I sent him an email, but he never got back to me. look back (on something) = think about what happened in the past √ My first job was in a travel agency. I didn’t like it very much at the time but, looking back on it, I learnt a lot and it was a very useful experience. pay back money, pay somebody back √ If you borrow money, you have to pay it back. Thanks for lending me the money. I’ll pay you back next week. √

EXERCISES

145.1	Look at the pictures and complete the sentences.
145.2	Complete the sentences. Use a verb + away or back. 1 I was away all day yesterday. I ____ got back _____ very late. 2 I haven’t seen our neighbours for a while. I think they must ______________. ‘I’m going out now.’ ‘OK. What time will you ______________?’ A man was trying to break into a car. When he saw me, he ______________. I smiled at him, but he didn’t ______________. 3 4 5 6 If you cheat in the exam, you might ______________with it. But you might get caught. Be careful! That’s an electric fence. ______________.from it 7
145.3	Complete the sentences using a verb in the correct form. 1 The woman got into her car, started the engine and ____ drove ____ away. 2 Here’s the money you need. ______________.me back when you can. Don’t ______________that box away. It could be useful. Jane doesn’t do anything at work. I don’t know how she ______________ away with it. I’m going out now. I’ll ______________back in about an hour. 3 4 5 6 You should think more about the future; don’t ______________back all the time. Gary is very generous. He won some money in the lottery and ______________it all away. I’ll ______________back to you as soon as I have the information you need. 7 8
145.4	Complete the sentences. Use the verb in brackets+ away or back. 1 A: Do you still have my keys? B: No. Don’t you remember? I ____ gave them back _____ to you yesterday. (give) 2 A: Do you want this magazine? B: No, I’ve finished with it. You can ______________. (throw) 3 A: How are your new jeans? Do they fit you OK? B: No, I’m going to ______________ to the shop. (take) 4 A: Here’s the money you asked me to lend you. B: Thanks. I’ll ______________ as soon as I can. (pay) 5 A: What happened to all the books you used to have? B: I didn’t want them any more, so I ______________. (give) 6 A: Did you phone Sarah? B: She wasn’t there. I left a message asking her to ______________.(call)

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