Waned
[weɪnd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Wane
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Examples
- The day waned into a gloomy evening, overcast and sad, and I still contended with the same distress. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Plutarch accuses Pericles of bringing it on, because he felt his popularity waned so fast that a war was needed to make him indispensable. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- So we all rode down to Magdala, while the gnashing of teeth waxed and waned by turns, and harsh words troubled the holy calm of Galilee. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As soon as the first enthusiasm for freedom waned, the weakness of the theory upon the constructive side became obvious. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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