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What irked him was the thought that while he had followed the mill-round of duty, strength had been ebbing away and had left him useless.

From Major Vigoureux by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

The boy’s life had been saved just when it had been ebbing away, but that was all.

From Our Soldier Boy by Venner, Victor

The fortunes of war had been ebbing and flowing first on one side, then on the other—the belligerents on neither being as yet satisfied.

From In the Van; or, The Builders by Price-Brown, John

For some time, in fact, vitality had been ebbing from his work.

From Overbeck by Atkinson, J. Beavington

As he put Strachan's letter away in his pocket, all his old bitterness against Sedleigh, which had been ebbing during the past few days, returned with a rush.

From Mike and Psmith by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)