subside
verb (used without object)
to sink to a low or lower level.
was subsiding
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past progressiveof subside.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Many economists thought inflation sparked by the war in Iran was subsiding, but concerns are building once again in Europe and Asia, two continents heavily dependent on energy imports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Potter, in contrast, looked like he was subsiding.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2023
Even as the pandemic was subsiding in New York City in January, Saint Peter’s suffered a new trauma: Severe flood damage from a ruptured municipal water main.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2021
Fernando Siringan, a climate change expert, has studied Sitio Pariahan closely and said some delta areas north of Manila were changing rapidly because land was subsiding and water levels rising at the same time.
From Reuters ● Nov. 29, 2019
The pain was subsiding, translated now into a dull spreading ache.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
