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Grammar : Verb
Spell : eb
Phonetic Transcription : ɛb



Definition of ebbed

Origin :
  • Old English ebbian, from the root of ebb (n.). Related: Ebbed; ebbing.
  • verb subside; decline
Example sentences :
  • I have ebbed and flowed, sometimes with a little money, sometimes without.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • Last night's tide had flowed and ebbed, and the dwellings of men were not submerged.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • His anger had ebbed, his fury had dashed itself against a rock.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • The anger had ebbed from Dan's brain, although his attitude had not relaxed.
  • Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson
  • It had ebbed from him with his blood, or waned with his fever.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
  • The light had ebbed for ever from the world—let everything go.
  • Extract from : « End of the Tether » by Joseph Conrad
  • And when you reach the shore you will see how much the sea has ebbed by your draughts.
  • Extract from : « Told by the Northmen: » by E. M. [Ethel Mary] Wilmot-Buxton
  • In the arterial system it also ebbed and flowed, and might be seen and felt to pulsate there.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
  • The tide had ebbed, and he did not even think of her as other than Miss Lisle.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 » by Various
  • Life and strength, hope and love, seemed to have ebbed from her at once.
  • Extract from : « Olive » by Dinah Maria Craik, (AKA Dinah Maria Mulock)

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