How to Use come off in a Sentence

come off

verb
  • This was the point where my shoes came off and the snacks came out.
    Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
  • For the fourth straight game, Curry will come off the bench.
    Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Jason Heyward came off the bench to triple in the eighth and homer in the ninth.
    Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 29 May 2024
  • As the year wore on, though, the bloom started to come off the NFT rose in a big way.
    Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2022
  • To come off the bench and hit what proves to be the game-winning blast to help pick up the first win of the year?
    Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2022
  • From there, Hawaii never let their foot come off the gas.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Of course, the Courage weren’t coming off a midweek match.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 13 May 2024
  • In total, just six of their 23 points didn’t come off turnovers.
    Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Montoya started the first game of the season, but has since come off the bench.
    Marisa Ingemi, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Guard Jacob Gilyard does not come off the court and is a menace on both sides of the floor.
    Xl Media, cleveland, 19 Mar. 2022
  • There was a small spot where the paint had come off entirely.
    Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Some invite you to hitch your star to their wagon, and then the wheels come off.
    Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 26 May 2022
  • This was just the third time in 113 career playoff games he’s been asked to come off the bench.
    C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Apr. 2022
  • The 37-year-old Rapinoe had come off the bench, and didn’t play at all Sunday night.
    Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Yap came off the bench to lead Fresno State with 17 points.
    Ron Counts, Idaho Statesman, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The Tritons are coming off a four-game sweep of Stephen F. Austin.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2024
  • While that platoon has worked in the past, both of them are coming off of down years.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
  • And the Rams are coming off of a win last weekend against the Las Vegas Raiders.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
  • McDonald will be the first one to come off the board on Monday.
    Stephen Means, cleveland, 28 Oct. 2022
  • While the ride was in descent, the bracket hit the coaster’s track and came off the coaster train.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
  • Taurasi, who came off the bench for the first time, had her best showing of the Games with four assists and three points.
    Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Just a little bit of the excitement has come off of it.
    Dallas News, 9 Dec. 2022
  • He's come off the bench before, but the Suns have a decision to make on him, too.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2022
  • All-Star, Wall has come off the bench only 12 times in 10 seasons.
    Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2022
  • Clowney, 31, is coming off one of his best seasons to date.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The magazine posters had come off his wall and John’s art went up on his wall.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • This is probably the latest that Davis would come off the board.
    Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The uniforms first went on Oct. 4, didn’t come off until May 29.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 June 2022
  • Just how did the wheels come off the Sri Lankan rupee and its economy?
    Steve H. Hanke, National Review, 14 July 2022
  • If the rubber splash guard comes off easily, remove it first.
    Julia Mitchem, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024

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