- present participle of fade.
fading
Example Sentences
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"However, instead of fading away, the source continued emitting episodes of soft X-rays for nearly ten minutes."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
China’s boom is less than 40 years old and shows signs of fading.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Her character, however, is fading away in plain sight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
To be sure, the sense of panic that had rattled major U.S. equity indexes early on Monday was already fading in afternoon trading.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Sea fog was sweeping in behind them, and the light was fading quickly.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
