Subsiding
[səb'saɪd]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Subside
Editor: Vicky
Examples
- Stephen, subsiding into his quiet manner, and never wandering in his attention, gave a nod. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Arthur, fast subsiding into despair, had opened it, when a knock was heard at the outer door. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I got, in reply, quite a little romantic narrative, told not unimpressively, with the accompaniment of the now subsiding storm. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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