abating

Example Sentences

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Abating inflation helped lower some of Amazon's transportation spending, somewhat offset by fuel costs, he said.

From Reuters • Oct. 26, 2023

That I shall teach compassion unto men And be a speechless world's interpreter, Abating this accursed flood of woe.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

Abating his pace by degrees almost to a mere creep, the man at last came within three feet of him, and, pausing, gazed amazed into Israel's eyes.

From Israel Potter by Melville, Herman

Abating this discordant note, which did not long disturb the harmony of the Church, the two years we spent on this charge are freighted with most precious memories.

From Thirty Years in the Itinerancy by Miller, Wesson Gage

Abating his intrigue and ambition, he was a most estimable man, and deserved the affections of the nation, which he retained until his death.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John