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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : eb |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛb |
Definition of ebbing
Origin :- Old English ebbian, from the root of ebb (n.). Related: Ebbed; ebbing.
- verb subside; decline
- Lingard followed her on the edge of the sand uncovered by the ebbing tide.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
- While the cannon were flashing he drifted with the ebbing tide.
- Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin
- The beauty of the ebbing night caught at his sleeve, but the dawn held him back.
- Extract from : « The Dragon Painter » by Mary McNeil Fenollosa
- It was the same proposition as Ebbing had reported the delegate offered.
- Extract from : « Cubs of the Wolf » by Raymond F. Jones
- They had suddenly begun to throb, poor things, with alarm at the ebbing hours.
- Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James
- He smiled as though at peace, and yet the life-blood was ebbing slowly away.
- Extract from : « Little Pollie » by Gertrude P. Dyer
- Although she was only about twenty-nine years of age, her life was ebbing away.
- Extract from : « Nobody's Girl » by Hector Malot
- Because her savings were ebbing fast, and she had not yet been able to find employment.
- Extract from : « Athalie » by Robert W. Chambers
- The ebbing of the tide, or reflow of the waters, which have been pressed back.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- For a time, they milled about, wading through the ebbing flood.
- Extract from : « Indirection » by Everett B. Cole
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