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dying down
adjective as in lessening
Strong matches
Example Sentences
Town boosters are hoping the mural controversy is dying down.
The fire was dying down a little, but one persistent flame moved like a snake in the dry stubble, and he savagely stamped it out.
The cabin lamp wanted oil and was dying down to a red-hot wick, but I was too drowsy to attend to it, and it went out.
I heard the dying down of the engine and the soft roll of the rubber wheels—I was alone.
The flare was dying down, and shadows again hid most of the hall.
This last was on the third day, however, when the madness was dying down.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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