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wearing off

ADJECTIVE
lessening
Synonyms
STRONG
abating declining depreciating diminishing dropping dwindling ebbing lightening lowering moderating narrowing plummeting plunging quieting sagging shrinking sinking slackening slowing slumping softening subsiding waning wasting weakening
WEAK
dying down fading away losing momentum shriveling up wearing down

Example Sentences

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A washing machine used by a four-person household can generate up to 500 grams of microplastics each year, largely due to fibers wearing off textiles during washing.

From Science Daily • Dec. 22, 2025

"But I have a feeling that the shock and awe is wearing off."

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

Coming round in a recovery ward bed as the effects of his general anaesthetic were wearing off, retired engineer Tom Hadrys, 63, remembers being approached by a doctor.

From BBC • May 23, 2024

And the reason I have a pacemaker is that 11 years ago, as the anesthesia was wearing off after the first of two knee replacement surgeries, I went into cardiac arrest, flat-lined and was resuscitated.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2024

After a long time, slowly, like a spell was wearing off, I saw a shadow of a chicken, and then darker and lighter stripes.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones