Subsided

Examples

• First, I smiled to myself and felt elate; but this fierce pleasure subsided in me as fast as did the accelerated throb of my pulses. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Dorothea sat down and subsided into calm silence, feeling happier than she had done for a long while before. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Fagin nodded to him to take no further notice just then; and, in a few minutes, the girl subsided into her accustomed demeanour. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Besides all this there was quite a peace feeling, for the time being, among the citizens of that part of Mississippi, but this feeling soon subsided. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Quietly, quietly, the face subsided into a far younger likeness of her own than she had ever seen under the grey hair, and sank to rest. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The excitement had hardly subsided when Hannah appeared, with Mrs. March's compliments, and would the ladies walk down to supper. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• At last the agony subsided of itself. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She subsided at once, submissively. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• All her wildness and passion had subsided; but, though softened, she was not in tears. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• That Lily was a star fallen from that sky did not, after the first stir of curiosity had subsided, materially add to their interest in her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Her tone was so natural, so almost indifferent, that Archer's turmoil subsided. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Both were so full of meaning that even Eugene was checked in his light career, and subsided into a thoughtful 'Humph! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Lily tossed aside the note and subsided on her pillows with a sigh. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• As soon as his first astonishment and alarm had subsided, he angrily declared that Miss Halcombe had allowed herself to be duped by Anne Catherick. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Miss Stepney, when her first fright had subsided, began to feel the superiority that greater breadth of mind confers. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• He made a grimace which was habitual with him whenever he was out in a game; then subsided into a laugh, and drew a brandy-flask from his pocket. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I know another case,' said the little old man, when his chuckles had in some degree subsided. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• When the first faintness consequent on having moved about had left him, he subsided into his former state. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• My head aches, and I am tired, she added; and leaning her head upon a cushion, she softly subsided from excitement to repose. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The disputes between the proprietaries and the Assembly, which for a time had subsided, were again revived. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Jo liked this, and after an energetic rummage from garret to cellar, subsided on the sofa to nurse her cold with arsenicum and books. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• First she became crimson, and then the red subsided till it even partially left her lips. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Her breath subsided about the same time. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Howeverthat turmoil subsided: next day I was again Lucy Snowe. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• But, again he subsided into a reminiscence of his first full knowledge of his power just now, and of her disclosure of her heart. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It subsided as quickly as it had been roused. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Gradually, it subsided to a foot pace, swinging and lumbering upward among the many sweet scents of a summer night. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Pop'lar feeling has in a measure subsided, consekens o' the boys having dispersed to cricket. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The panic created by his first entrance within the outer works of Richmond having subsided troops were sent out to attack his rear. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

Editor: Verna