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The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMANHis wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINSo he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENDo not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSThe two women had no intention of bathing; they had just strolled down to the beach for a walk and to be alone and near the water.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINBut, when the car came thundering down, it was crammed to the step; with a melancholy gesture, the driver declined her signal.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTAs Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.The volcanic eruptions of the mountains on the west broke down its barriers, and let its waters flow.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSShe set off down Trafalgar Road in the mist and the rain, glad that she had been compelled to walk.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTWORDS RELATED TO WEAR DOWN
- abate
- calm down
- check
- contract
- crumble
- curb
- curtail
- cut down
- decay
- decline
- degenerate
- depreciate
- deteriorate
- devaluate
- die down
- diminish
- droop
- drop
- drop off
- dry up
- dwindle
- ease
- ebb
- evaporate
- fade
- fall off
- lessen
- let up
- lighten
- lose edge
- lower
- modify
- narrow down
- peter out
- quell
- quiet
- reduce
- restrain
- run low
- settle
- shrink
- shrivel
- sink
- slack off
- slacken
- slash
- slow down
- slump
- soften
- subside
- tail off
- wane
- waste
- weaken
- wear away
- wear down
- wither
- abate
- bankrupt
- bleed
- bleed dry
- catheterize
- consume
- debilitate
- decrease
- deplete
- devitalize
- diminish
- dissipate
- divert
- draft
- draw off
- drink up
- dry
- empty
- evacuate
- exhaust
- expend
- fatigue
- filter off
- finish
- free from
- get last drop
- get rid of
- gulp down
- impoverish
- lessen
- milk
- pump
- pump out
- quaff
- reduce
- sap
- siphon
- spend
- strain
- suck
- suck dry
- swallow
- tap
- tax
- tire out
- use up
- waste
- wear
- wear down
- weary
- withdraw
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