trails off
Voice slowly diminishes
To trail off is to gradually fade or diminish, especially when speaking.
A voice trails off when it becomes quieter and less distinct, often because the speaker loses confidence, becomes distracted, or decides not to finish the thought: She started to explain, then trailed off.
Sounds, music, or other phenomena can also trail off into silence or nothingness.
- diminishesBecomes smaller or weaker
- fades awayGradually ceases to exist
- peters outGradually diminishes to nothing
- dies downGradually becomes less intense
- fadeLose intensity gradually
recede · stammer · quieten · dwindle · decline · falter · murmur · hesitate · subside · dim · daydream · mumble · vanish · echo · dissipate · whisper · waver · drift
trails offbuilds up
Accumulates gradually
crescendos · swells · intensifies · picks up · ramps up
trails offcontinues
Proceeds without stopping
carries on · persists · keeps going · follows through · presses on