begin to ebb

Frequency: 6.25.5 per million words

To start receding or diminishing.

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Examples (10)

  • As the sun set, the tide began to ebb, revealing the glistening sand.
  • After weeks of excitement, their enthusiasm for the project began to ebb.
  • His confidence, once so strong, began to ebb after the critical feedback.
  • Following the long illness, her strength began to ebb noticeably.
  • As daylight began to ebb, the city lights started to twinkle.
  • Public support for the new law began to ebb when its full cost was revealed.
  • With each passing day without news, the family's hope began to ebb.
  • The empire's vast influence began to ebb in its final century.
  • After a while, the initial shock of the news began to ebb, replaced by a quiet sadness.
  • The power of the storm began to ebb as it moved further inland.