her voice trailed off

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• voice — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sounds you make when speaking or singing ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful, fine, good, lovely, pleasant, sweet ▪ She has a beautiful singing voice. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• trail off — ˌtrail a ˈway ˌtrail ˈoff [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they trail away he/she/it trails away pr …   Useful english dictionary

• trail off — phrasal verb trail away or trail off [intransitive] Word forms trail away : present tense I/you/we/they trail away he/she/it trails away present participle trailing away past tense trailed away past participle trailed away if someone s voice or… …   English dictionary

• trail away/off — [phrasal verb] used to say that someone s voice becomes softer and softer and then stops She started asking him a question, but then her voice trailed off. “Do you think you could…” she said before trailing off. • • • Main Entry: ↑trail …   Useful english dictionary

• tail off — To become gradually less or fewer • • • Main Entry: ↑tail * * * ˌtail ˈoff [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they tail off he/she/it tails off …   Useful english dictionary

• trail away — ● trail * * * ˌtrail a ˈway ˌtrail ˈoff [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they trail away he/she/it trails away …   Useful english dictionary

• trail — trailingly, adv. trailless, adj. /trayl/, v.t. 1. to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind. 2. to bring or have floating after itself or oneself: a racing car trailing clouds of dust. 3. to follow the track …   Universalium

• trail — trail1 [ treıl ] noun count ** ▸ 1 path in countryside ▸ 2 series of marks/objects ▸ 3 damage/harm ▸ 4 connected evidence ▸ 5 series of activities ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) a path through the countryside, especially one designed for walking for pleasure:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• trail away — phrasal verb trail away or trail off [intransitive] Word forms trail away : present tense I/you/we/they trail away he/she/it trails away present participle trailing away past tense trailed away past participle trailed away if someone s voice or… …   English dictionary

• trail — /treɪl / (say trayl) verb (t) 1. to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; to draw or drag along behind. 2. to bring or have floating after itself or oneself: to trail clouds of dust. 3. to follow the track or trail of; track. 4. to… …  

• trail — 1. noun 1) he left a trail of clues a trail of devastation Syn: series, string, chain, succession, sequence; aftermath, wake See note at trace 2) wolves on the trail of their prey …   Thesaurus of popular words