Example Sentences

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But a year after that, all its gains had evaporated and it traded at $45.10.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

The focus required for professional football had evaporated.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

He said he retired from coaching the first time because the euphoria of winning had evaporated.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2023

The previous feeling of normality had evaporated, with no end in sight.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2023

The intoxication of success had evaporated; he was soberly his old self; and by contrast with the temporary balloon of these last weeks, the old self seemed unprecedentedly heavier than the surrounding atmosphere.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley