subside
verb (used without object)
to sink to a low or lower level.
were 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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Biden on Thursday welcomed new inflation data released Thursday that showed underlying price pressures were subsiding, with the annual increase in prices excluding food and energy tracking their smallest rise in nearly two years.
From Reuters ● Aug. 10, 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
By evening, their emotions were subsiding to a certain permanent pride that Ch'kara had given a Lord to the Circle.
From Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel by Ann Wilson
