Example Sentences

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Especially during the later stages of that war in 2007–09, support had faded across much of Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Colours had faded; the soundtrack posed its own challenges.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

What began as a simple act of turning a vessel revealed a previously unrecognized community of makers whose identities had faded from view.

From Science Daily • Dec. 16, 2025

For a while, Mann said concern around the bathroom project had faded, but the “hullabaloo” resurfaced as the project started to move forward recently.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

The sun was shining very brightly, but the whole world looked gray, as if everything had faded overnight.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo