AWAY in a Sentence

Learn AWAY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
405 example sentences for AWAY, such as:
1. A soft answer turneth away wrath.
2. I knew right away I made a mistake.
3. He stole away without anyone seeing him.
4. Marianne turned away in great confusion.
5. Put away any valuable or breakable objects.
Search Quotes from Classic Book
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
 Input your word:
Want to search a word in classic works?
Search Classic Quotes
 Meanings and Examples of AWAY
away
 ad.  from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
 ad.  out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
Classic Sentence: (203 in 14 pages)
1  Know that, one by one, my friends were snatched away; I was left desolate.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
2  I attempted to speak, but the words died away on my lips.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
3  He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
4  She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
5  I knew right away I made a mistake.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
6  "She really ought to get away from him," resumed Catherine to me.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
7  As he shook hands and turned away his tragic nose was trembling.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
8  As my taxi groaned away I saw Gatsby walking toward me across his lawn.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
9  Something made him turn away from the window and look back into the room.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
10  I started to turn away but he took a step after me and grabbed my arm.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
11  Pearl laughed, and attempted to pull away her hand.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
12  It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVI. A FOREST WALK
13  Run away, child," answered her mother, "and catch the sunshine.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVI. A FOREST WALK
14  The grasp, cold as it was, took away what was dreariest in the interview.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XVII. THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
15  Marianne turned away in great confusion.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  Running away was an act of defiance against his parents.
2  We whiled away the afternoon playing cards in front of the fire.
3  You've been chewing away all afternoon;you can't still be hungry.
4  She droned away for hours about her pet subjects.
5  Although it rains, throw not away your watering pot.
6  The bees are buzzing away among the flowers.
7  He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day.
8  A soft answer turneth away wrath.
9  When things go wrong, running away is not the answer.
10  Strain the sauce and skim away any fat that rises to the surface.
11  Put away any valuable or breakable objects.
12  She turned away from the window lest anyone see them.
13  He stole away without anyone seeing him.
14  At their approach the little boy ran away and hid.
15  He hefted his right arm and took away a gun from the bookshelf.