wound down

As the interview wound down, Bentivolio reflected on what may have motivated him to dress as Santa.

It was unclear, as the protests wound down, whether there were any injuries and how many arrests had been made.

The meeting wound down shortly afterward but not before an agitated President Reagan warned once more against leaks.

Forget reports that the Russian president has wound down his campaign of interference in east Ukraine.

As its Myra Breckinridge shoot wound down in December 1969—“Everyone has quit three or four times,” said Richard Zanuck.

Ripperda's equipage wound down a long and twisting defile between two precipitous rocks.

The path broke away and wound down to the level of the torrent; on the other side it rose again, and was lost among trees.

My character was a swabbie on the pirate ship Zombie Charger, and he'd wound down while I'd been offline.

After floundering through the snow for some distance, they came at last to a spot where a trail wound down the mountainside.

It was pure chance or providence, for even Martella knew nothing of the path, which was one of many that wound down to the river.