have been fading
- present perfect progressive of fade.
Example Sentences
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Arsenal have been fading for weeks, the failure to sign a recognised striker exposed as a flawed strategy, with injuries to Gabriel Jesus and Kai Havertz compounding the absence of key figure Bukayo Saka.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2025
Investors came into 2024 hopeful that Fed officials would cut rates substantially this year, but those hopes have been fading as inflation has shown much more staying power than expected.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
Refugees' hopes of being able to return home one day have been fading with each day of the invasion.
From Reuters ● Mar. 10, 2022
The days of Wilson being underrated have been fading for quite some time, and now they’re definitely over.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2020
Its red bricks might have been fading there for a couple of hundred years.
From Memoirs of Life and Literature by Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)
