dissipated

Example Sentences

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The power they had in qualification dissipated during the warm-up games.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

“It is the opinion of the Ford Motor Company that automobile exhaust gases are dissipated in the atmosphere quickly and do not present an air pollution problem.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

As the gay and dissipated Ned, Mr. Taylor is sublimely funny: “Johnny Case? Isn’t that a Joan Crawford western?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

The excitement dissipated when it came out that a single contract with OpenAI, which doesn’t make a profit, accounted for the vast majority of that backlog.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

But when Friday morning rolled around, that hope had dissipated.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro