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Meanings of taper away in English

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Usage of taper away in English
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However, reviews on the present portfolio taper away after that.
The Irish Times
2
The allowance could taper away as income rises.
The Guardian
3
Claw Cape, bent in the form of a yataghan, tapered away nearly four miles to the southeast.
The Mysterious Island
4
The sound of falling stone tapered away.
The Lair of Bones
5
Between the thick cords were dark anfractuous clefts five times his height, tapering away to knife-thin fissures.
The Reality Dysfunction
6
His legs tapered away below his knees, and, like a lot of spirits, he had no feet.
The Magician
7
The light of the lantern showed a lofty cavern tapering away to a point at its remote end, pear-fashion.
The Hand of Fu-Manchu / Being a New Phase in the Activities of F...
8
A dust column which had plumed up from the site of the cave-in was tapering away on the breeze.
A Canticle For Leibowitz
9
Ms Rush said costs had risen the least in Christchurch, as the house rebuilding after the 2011 earthquake tapered away.
Radio NZ
10
The southern extremity of the ice field tapered away into a long narrow spit which projected out into the sea.
The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales
11
Owen scored 222 goals in 482 games, a fine record that tapered away with injuries.
The Guardian
12
The Great Plateau tapers away towards the south, terminating in the Valley of Mexico, bounded by the snowy Cordillera of Anahuac.
Mexico / Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political...
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The smallest, where the spine tapers away into the tail, is only two inches in width, and looks something like a white billiard-ball.
Moby Dick
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The rest of the body had an ovoid cross-section that gradually tapered away towards the base, though there was no sign of any tail.
The Naked God
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The muffled sunlight gleamed like gold tissue through grey gauze, and the beech alleys tapered away to a blue haze blent of sky and forest.
The Reef
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In 1798 the western end of that ground tapered away into mud and river silt, upon which the rebel dead were dumped and covered over.
The Irish Times