- present participle of fade.
fading
Example Sentences
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To reproduce the fading flares astronomers actually observe, the researchers needed what Bandopadhyay called "a new ingredient": a star that was already rotating rapidly before its first encounter with the black hole.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
In one of the world's most AI-connected societies, the village's greatest challenge is not fading belief in fortune-telling, but the way it is consumed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Hearty slices of calamari singed on the plancha gleam in the fading sunlight.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Facebook's cleaner, simpler design pulled users away, and MySpace struggled through redesigns and ownership changes before fading from mainstream use.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
He pointed to a patch of fading mushrooms that looked as if they’d dropped their color on the ground like a cloak.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
