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- verb Present participle of
ebb .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
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Examples
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It was but one sip but it was enough to recall my ebbing life.
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I thought I should have fainted; but a torrent of tears recalled the ebbing current of my heart, and I grew proud in fortitude, though humbled in self-love.
Memoirs of Mary Robinson Mary Elizabeth Robinson 1895
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It was but one sip but it was enough to recall my ebbing life.
A Journey to the Interior of the Earth Jules Verne 1866
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I thought I should have fainted; but a torrent of tears recalled the ebbing current of my heart, and I grew proud in fortitude, though humbled in self-love.
Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire Mary Robinson 1779
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Susan Lisovicz is watching the numbers and, boy, they're just kind of ebbing and flowing rather quickly.
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Sadly, this is often ebbing away by the end of primary school, she says.
Shirley Williams: chair of the judges Janet Murray 2010
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It's a message that would make it clear that serious attention is -- finally -- going to be paid to the housing crisis, which shows no signs of ebbing.
Arianna Huffington: Replacing Summers: Will Obama Please Wall Street or Struggling Americans? Arianna Huffington 2010
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It's a message that would make it clear that serious attention is -- finally -- going to be paid to the housing crisis, which shows no signs of ebbing.
Arianna Huffington: Replacing Summers: Will Obama Please Wall Street or Struggling Americans? Arianna Huffington 2010
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Guess she realized with her ebbing popularity she would not be able to maintain the support of her state by
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Let's not forget the picture of the young 17 year old Iranian woman (Neda) shot in front of her father and watching the life ebbing from her face.
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