Word Finder - subsided

definition

To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.

definition

To fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.

definition

To fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate.

example

The fever has subsided.

definition

To cease talking.

The pain subsided, replaced by familiar warmth.

He fought it until his anger subsided, unable to shake the sense of fear.

Finally even those subsided, leaving her feeling weak and drained.

The sounds of madness had subsided during their conversation.

When the fear finally subsided, in its wake was a fierce determination.

When it subsided the ship was still afloat, but she was nothing but a gutted hull lighted by a dying glare, and she fired no more.

The deeply indented shore of the Gulf of Papua forms the boundary of the subsided area between the two countries, and from it the land stretches out for 200 to 300 m.

His anger subsided as he left the underground and entered the night.

After some cooing on Cynthia's part, the crying subsided to sniffs and quiet sobs.

By Sunday, tempers had subsided and five sessions were attempted.

As the sobs subsided, so did reason.

The emotions subsided as she understood her danger to be over.

Having failed to form a rival party against Sagasta, Martos subsided into political insignificance, despite his great talent as an orator and debater, and died in Madrid on the 16th of January 1893.

When the Lake has subsided, I will throw myself in.

Dean took his wife's hand and pulled her to her feet and held her until her sobbing subsided.

Jackson was patting her, her heart rate had become more regular and the panting subsided.

Despite his anger, he felt the urge to touch her, to cradle her in his arms until her distress subsided.

Entertained by her exasperation, Xander's anger subsided.

As the seeds are very abundant, they will probably be utilized commercially as soon as the demand for planting has subsided.

It was many years before the bitterness of feeling aroused by the repeal agitation entirely subsided in Nova Scotia.

Until about 1860, indeed, the dimly lit lanes were paved with rough stone blocks, imbedded in the clay soil, which often subsided, so as to leave the surface undulating like a sea.

But the storms in Irak and Mesopotamia had not yet altogether subsided.

The application to government for aid, however, proved the occasion of a " Voluntary controversy," which raged with great fierceness for many years and has never completely subsided.

These are commonly called lakes, but are in reality shallow depressions receiving water from the overflow of the rivers in times of flood, and in return feeding them when the floods have subsided.

Guizot inaugurated a different policy; by mutual confidence and friendly offices they entirely succeeded in restoring the most cordial understanding between the two governments, and the irritation which Lord Palmerston had inflamed gradually subsided.

How long she sat there and cried, she couldn't say, but gradually the sobs subsided.

Rhyn's impotent frustration subsided some when they returned the human.

As the doe strained, one tiny hoof emerged, and then disappeared as the contraction subsided.

They subsided into silence, and the gravity of her situation hedged in on her again.  She liked talking to Gabe.  He took her mind off her own issues and the creepy forest.

Its tantrum subsided when it saw she wouldn't give, and it paced furiously within her.

The latest brouhaha has subsided without undermining that party's upper echelons but that would surely change if further damaging revelations were to emerge.

When the terrific din had subsided, I turned to flick away the moisture which had gathered in my eyes.

Although relieved the headache had subsided, Carol now felt ' wrecked ' and unable to attend work today.

The swelling and bruising came out straight away and looked horrendous for a few days, but rapidly subsided.

In 2005, growth in the world's appetite for energy subsided from a rampant 4.4 per cent to 2.7 per cent.

There was a roar of applause which gradually subsided.

The pain slowly subsided over the course of several hours.

No words, no slogans, just a roar which quickly subsided.

Apart from the natural fear that he would arouse prejudice in the English-speaking provinces, the second Riel rebellion was then still fresh in the public mind, and the fierce nationalist agitation which Kiel's execution had excited in Quebec had hardly subsided.

In 64 he made himself notorious for the orgies arranged by him in the Basin of Agrippa, and was suspected of incendiarism in connexion with the great fire, which, after having subsided, broke out afresh in his Aemilian gardens.

Instantly the tempest subsided, and we went upstairs together.

Then he slammed the door, sent for Mademoiselle Bourienne, and subsided into his study.

The cook's moans had now subsided.

In 2005, growth in the world 's appetite for energy subsided from a rampant 4.4 per cent to 2.7 per cent.

Even after symptoms have subsided, most people will need to continue with medication indefinitely, perhaps with a lowered dosage.

The towpath and ground on each side gradually drop away where the whole surrounding area has subsided due to mining.

From a promising position Barnsley subsided gently to 159 all out.

Once the embarrassment had subsided somewhat, he then added Mind you, I kept on being asked for a purpose-built building.

Gradually, the mist subsided leaving Leon 's shirt soaked.

Both studies found that these effects subsided with time once people stopped using the herb.