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Meanings of ebbing in English

Portuguese
diminuição
Catalan
minvament
Spanish
mengua

A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

diminuição
Synonyms
Examples for "ebb"
Examples for "ebb"
1
Like Ms Sharma's colleagues, they were forced to let hope ebb away.
News.com.au
2
Throughout we follow the intricate ebb and flow of the Pinochet case.
The Guardian
3
Then it began to ebb; meeting a counter-impulse arising in Eastern Europe.
The Crest-Wave of Evolution / A Course of Lectures in History, G...
4
But the past 18 months saw her sink to her lowest ebb.
News.com.au
5
The flood-tide sets to the north, and the ebb to the south.
Adventures in Southern Seas: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century
1
No wonder voter participation, particularly among young voters, is on the wane.
Radio NZ
2
Part of that reality, however, is that Catholicism is on the wane.
The Guardian
3
After a wane in business early this year, pirates have struck back.
Reuters
4
Interests wane and shift, children and family will do that to you.
Jamaica Observer
5
Without them, the effect of monetary and fiscal stimulus could soon wane.
Reuters
Usage of ebbing in English
1
The light had finished ebbing out of the world; not a glimmer.
The End of the Tether
2
There was no pain or struggle; merely the ebbing away of breath.
Agatha's Husband: A Novel
3
The ship was making very poor time; life was slowly ebbing away.
Blood Brothers: A Medic's Sketch Book
4
It is as if the light were ebbing out of the world.
The End of the Tether
5
Two minutes passed in this silence, and he felt the danger ebbing.
Lady Good-for-Nothing: A Man's Portrait of a Woman
6
Holding our boat quiet in the ebbing bayou, we looked and listened.
Virginia: the Old Dominion / As seen from its colonial waterway,...
7
Six bullets were embedded in his carcass and his life was ebbing.
Bert Wilson in the Rockies
8
But its coming and going took more of her ebbing strength away.
King Rat
9
And all his flesh seemed in contention with a slowly ebbing force.
The Day of the Beast
10
CISA has already urged mills to address ebbing demand by slashing output.
Reuters
11
It was proving an even contest with the action ebbing and flowing.
The Guardian
12
But the 'cat's fury was ebbing as he realized Honor was safe.
Field of Dishonor
13
Vomiting succeeded, and the little fountain of strength was ebbing fast away.
Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland
14
She rose, and he saw the colour slowly ebbing from her lips.
Infelice
15
He was again a companion of the trail, his strength ebbing away.
Over the Pass
16
After waiting for some time, we found that the tide was ebbing.
Saved from the Sea; Or, The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Sa...
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Translations for ebbing
Spanish
mengua
Ebbing through the time
Ebbing across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common