Example Sentences

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Since then, the relationship has ebbed and flowed.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

The government’s enforcement of social restrictions has ebbed and flowed over the decades in response to the political mood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

Norris has won that battle, by two points over the Dutchman, and 13 over his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri, after a season that has ebbed and flowed between the three of them.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

Job growth has ebbed, according to the private payroll firm ADP.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

Air is not life, but corruption—so literally corruption that the only way to keep out corruption, when life has ebbed, is to keep out air.

From Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Drummond, Henry