was lessening
- past progressive of lessen.
Example Sentences
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This, in Redick’s mind, would be the signal, the sign that the emotional baggage Doncic has carried since having his life and career upended via a shocking trade was lessening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2025
Met Office spokesman Grahame Madge said the risk of snow was lessening and would "more or less be confined to Scottish mountains" by the end of the week.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2023
When my husband picked me up from the hospital after my discharge, I climbed into his truck feeling positive, sensing the aftermath’s intensity was lessening.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2018
Pavlov argued that Moscow's ability to stem the flow of weapons to Central America depended on Soviet confidence that the military threat to Managua was lessening.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was lessening the distance between them with every long, powerful stride of his horse, but already the three rocks, gaunt and high, loomed before him as if forming an impassable barrier across the road.
From The Black Pearl by Woodrow, Wilson, Mrs.
