sobs subside

Examples (10)

• After a few minutes, her heavy sobs began to subside.
• As the sobs subsided, she finally managed to catch her breath.
• He waited quietly until her sobs had subsided into small sniffles.
• The child's violent sobs subsided once he was back in his mother's arms.
• Gradually, the sobs subsided and a calm fell over the room.
• It took a long time for her racking sobs to subside completely.
• Only when his sobs subsided could he tell us what had happened.
• The sound of muffled sobs subsided as the door was closed.
• She lay there until her sobs subsided into an exhausted sleep.
• We sat in silence, waiting for the sobs to subside.