waned

As the afternoon sun waned, the crowd began to thin out, save for a few families asking anyone who seemed in authority to give them information about their missing loved ones.

But his insurgent popularity has since waned, with recent polling putting him close to one percent of the vote.

"Basically we have a big mixing pot of different viruses that are beginning to do the rounds. Immunity has waned and people are getting ill."

While his artistic adventurousness may have waxed and waned, John Wilson never failed to champion humanity.

Occidental’s fortunes have waxed and waned since then.