Now, after what he had heard from el-Tadhil, he began to fear whether in the presence of far greater events, all his acts would not fade into insignificance, just as a drop of rain disappears in the sea.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Parallax is greatest when the body is in the horizon, and disappears when it is at the zenith.
"Lectures in Navigation"
Ernest Gallaudet Draper
A man comes out here and disappears, you know, and after a while his sister comes to find him.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower