wane
Example Sentences
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In recent decades—since the 1970s—the Broadway musical has waxed and waned in terms of both quality and popularity, with fertile and fallow periods.
This is my brain’s way of reminding me that if my patience is waning, Gran’s has run out.
From Literature
Overseas trips became rare over the past two decades as the sumo association refocused on its domestic audiences while the sport's popularity waned, partly due to a series of scandals.
From Barron's
Mexicans’ sympathy has waned as Havana’s social gains have faded, and Cuba’s poverty has grown along with its repression of students and activists.
The business of sensitivity readers is booming even as recreational reading wanes.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
