Decays
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Examples
- In proportion as the resemblance decays, the probability diminishes; but still has some force as long as there remain any traces of the resemblance. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- From this point onward the glory of the Omayyad line decays. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The rose blossoms into beauty, fades, and decays. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Each view of the imagination produces its peculiar passion, which decays away by degrees, and is followed by a sensible vibration after the stroke. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
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