were subsiding
- past progressive of subside.
Example Sentences
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ET, which is expected to show prices fell 0.1% last month, aiding sentiment that inflationary pressures were subsiding.
From Reuters ● Jun. 14, 2023
The riots were subsiding by then, but Los Angeles was still in disorder, so team officials had a very different concern.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2017
Radar imagery revealed sections of levees, rebuilt higher after Hurricane Katrina, were subsiding by as much as 2 inches a year.
From Washington Times ● May 19, 2016
By 9 p.m., she said, it was still raining but the winds were subsiding.
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2015
The waves astern and the howling wind were subsiding noticeably, but the inhabitants of Orcon all about us were still creating a great hubbub.
From The Winged Men of Orcon A Complete Novelette by Sparks, David R.
