Example Sentences

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As we watched the German detectives packing away it felt like the spring of hope of a resolution that had bubbled up in June 2020 was evaporating in the thankless heat.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2025

This suggests that organics and sulfate minerals were concentrated as the lake that once filled Jezero was evaporating, Sharma said.

From Scientific American • Sep. 19, 2022

While they were gone, water was evaporating from the P traps under all their fixtures and from their toilet bowls.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2022

A report from the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensics Lab similarly found that QAnon rhetoric was "evaporating from the mainstream internet."

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2021

All around him, men were redefining themselves for the new world, and a vast pool of knowledge and tradition was evaporating.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand