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How to use disappear in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb

Disappear means to vanish. Example: “Eighteen years after Jaycee Dugard disappeared in 1991, she was found alive in the summer of 2009.”

Examples of disappear by meaning

verbTo go missing; to become a missing person.

  • Eighteen years after Jaycee Dugard disappeared in 1991, she was found alive in the summer of 2009.

verbTo go away; to become lost.

  • He had disappeared.1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings
  • I had to maintain snap streaks not because my friends or I wanted to, but because letting it disappear would see that physical quantification of our friendship fall back down to zero.2017 August 12, Nick Vega, “I just lost a 159-day Snapchat streak and I couldn't be happier”, in Business Insider, archived from the...

verbTo make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.

  • The Chinese government is well-known for disappearing particularly vocal political dissidents.
  • Now a new hunt is under way to find a grave believed to contain the remains of some of those who were “disappeared” at Colonia Dignidad.2018 May 2, Marella Oppenheim, “Excavations at Chile torture site offer new hope for relatives of disappeared”, in The Guardian, →ISSN...
  • "It's such an honoring for Native people in this country, when we've been so disappeared and disregarded," Harjo says.2019 June 19, Lynn Neary, Patrick Jarenwattananon, quoting Joy Harjo, “Joy Harjo Becomes The First Native American U.S. Poet Laureate”, in...

More sentences with disappear

  • When the weather is warm, the snowman will disappear; he will melt.From the entry melt
  • Although his own kingdom disappeared, his issue went on to rule a quarter of Europe.From the entry issue
  • Mom-and-pop diners are disappearing from American streets and being replaced by bland corporate giants.From the entry mom-and-pop
  • The deer disappeared into the woodline, and were no longer in view.From the entry woodline
  • The kitten cosied up to the gruff old hound, and all resistance disappeared.From the entry cosy up to
  • He was baffled when his keys disappeared.From the entry baffled
  • He took the tube to Westminster and disappeared.From the entry tube
  • The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.From the entry gasp
  • She was seriously cut up over her dog disappearing.From the entry cut up
  • The ice cap of Kilimanjaro is shrinking, and some researchers believe it will disappear within the next one hundred years.From the entry ice cap
  • Our stowage disappeared down the chute, into the employee only cargo area, never to be seen again by man.From the entry stowage
  • Kelly disappeared last night, and she cleared me out.From the entry clear out
  • The cat disappeared into the night.From the entry night
  • He lived in financial bondage to his cocaine habit; no matter how much he earned, it all seemed to disappear up his nose.From the entry bondage
  • The manifestation of such philosophy seemed to wax and wane, being the most common one time, but virtually without followers at another, apparently disappearing.From the entry wax and wane
  • In some Semitic languages such as Akkadian, some or all gutturals are weak and often disappear, but in others such as Arabic and Ugaritic, they are strong and never disappear.From the entry weak
  • Swiss food giant Nestlé confirmed the theft, which disappeared while traveling from central Italy to Poland.2026 March 29, “Someone stole 413,793 KitKat bars and an entire truck in Europe”, in syracuse.com. From the entry giant
  • These factors pointed to a mental health crisis severe enough that he wanted to disappear.2026 July 18, Nicholas Muhoro, “Bryce Laspisa Vanished Near Castaic Lake After Spending 13 Hours Parked on a California Highway”, in Skip…. From the entry erratic
  • When this happens in an unstressed syllable, the pseudovowel disappears, poltxe.2024 August 27, William S. Annis, “A Reference Grammar of Na’vi”, in Learn Na'vi, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2025, page 14. From the entry consonantal
  • Laundrie came home from the trip without Petito and disappeared several weeks later.2023 May 25, Lauren del Valle, “Gabby Petito’s parents get copy of ‘burn after reading’ letter that Brian Laundrie’s mom wrote him”, in CNN. From the entry Petito
  • The “Low-High”cluster areas are mainly distributed in Huiji District and Shangjie District, and then gradually disappear.2023, Li Jin-Feng et al., “Research on the Spatial-time Evolution and Influence Mechanism of Logistics Network Structure in Zhengzhou…. From the entry Yuwangtai
  • Rona disappeared into the little kitchenette and Nicol made a recce of the room.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 279. From the entry kitchenette
  • He is both prolific and enigmatic, disappearing into a dazzling range of characters.2022 October 22, Maureen Dowd, “Ralph Fiennes, Master of Monsters”, in The New York Times. From the entry toggle
  • Every year, people disappear into the wilderness and are never seen alive again.2022 September 12, Andy Zahn, “I became a cyborg backpacker, and it completely changed my hiking experience”, in Digital Trends. From the entry waffle-stomp
  • A large roof rat ran from the overflowing bins and disappeared under the house.2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 308. From the entry roof rat
  • There was a garbley mess of incoherent speech before the screen shook and Father Jim disappeared off-stage.2021, J. A. Bouma, chapter 6, in Apocalypse Rising (End Times Chronicles; season 2, episode 3), Grand Rapids, Mich.: EmmausWay Press, →ISBN. From the entry garbley
  • And sometimes plagues just miraculously disappeared after people realized their wrongdoings and repented.2020 February 24, “Family and Friends Treasure Falun Dafa Information in the Face of Novel Coronavirus Epidemic”, in Minghui. From the entry wrongdoing
  • Sally immediately finds her fellow Homestuckers and, with palpable relief, disappears.2020, Sandra Tsing Loh, The Mad Woman and the Roomba: My Year of Domestic Mayhem, unnumbered page. From the entry Homestucker
  • He gives you schiz meds, you take them and the doctor and his office disappear.2020 October 10, u/Tactical_Salt, “That's a big big win”, in Reddit, r/dankmemes, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2024. From the entry schiz
  • Hadrian hulked his mass over the spot where the children had disappeared.2017, N.D.Rabin, Hidden Magic: Fear of the Smallest Wizard, AuthorHouse, →ISBN. From the entry hulk
  • It’s harder to care about someone dying when you actively want them to disappear from the screen.2017 October 27, Alex McLevy, “Making a Killing: The Brief Life and Bloody Death of the Post-Scream Slasher Revival”, in The A.V. Club…. From the entry dim-bulb
  • I don't want to be just some guy who sporadically appears and then disappears again.2016, Charles [Wesley] Marshall, “More SkyMiles, Less Family”, in The Good Dad Guide, Eugene, Or.: Harvest House Publishers, →ISBN, part 6…. From the entry asterisk
  • I wished both the real me and the giant photo me would disappear.2016 September, Beth Garrod, chapter 25, in Super Awkward, London: Scholastic Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry cringey-ness
  • Rodas watched Tinker disappear through the door before eyebrowing a question at Barrow.2015, Kathy Reichs, Bones Never Lie, page 23. From the entry eyebrow

Meaning of disappear

  1. verb To vanish.
  2. verb To go missing; to become a missing person.
  3. verb To go away; to become lost.

Full definition of disappear

Questions about disappear in a sentence

How do you use disappear in a sentence?
Disappear is used as a verb. For example: “Eighteen years after Jaycee Dugard disappeared in 1991, she was found alive in the summer of 2009.”
What is a short sentence with disappear?
“He had disappeared.”
What does disappear mean?
Disappear means to vanish.

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