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wanes

VERB

diminish, lessen

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abate atrophy decrease die down die out dim dwindle ebb fade peter out shrink slacken subside taper off weaken wither

STRONG

decline drop fail fall moderate relent sink

WEAK

die away draw to a close ease off fade away fall short let up slack off waste away wind down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

brighten develop enhance enlarge expand extend grow increase rise strengthen

STRONG

ascend go up reach win

WEAK

raise

Example Sentences

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As Competition Wanes, Amazon Cuts Back Its Discounts Jim Hollock’s first book, a true-crime tale set in Pennsylvania, got strong reviews and decent sales when it appeared in 2011.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2013

In the process he has handily polished off some of the best of Europe's middleweights: De Bruin, Kid Marcel, Jean Wanes.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Thy bidding she turns, the changing Moon To her Brother her full-fed fire, Dimming the Stars with her light, which soon Wanes, as she draws to him nigher.

From Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation by Hodgkin, Thomas

Never the joyful Message from heaven Wanes through the soul’s brief sojourn here.

From Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark by Aaberg, J. C. (Jens Christian)

Broken was the wall of the citadel of the Aesir, so that the Wanes could tread the fields of war.”

From The Edda, Volume 1 The Divine Mythology of the North, Popular Studies in Mythology, Romance, and Folklore, No. 12 by Faraday, L. Winifred