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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : weyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : weɪn |
Definition of waning
Origin :- Old English wanunge, wonunge, present participle of wanian (see wane).
- adj decreasing
- Thus in the season of the waning days the might of England put forth on to the waters.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Octavos are waning, and more in need of brushing than of burnishing.
- Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various
- Now sun and moon begin to mingle: waning and waxing splendors.
- Extract from : « Italy, the Magic Land » by Lilian Whiting
- No birds sang here, no leaves fell at the waning of the year.
- Extract from : « Olive in Italy » by Moray Dalton
- The question haunted her through the waning days and the lonely nights.
- Extract from : « Winning His Way » by Charles Carleton Coffin
- Sir Donald feels that past worries are receding into waning retrospect.
- Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
- And this is the reason for the waxing and waning of the moon.
- Extract from : « The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India » by R. V. Russell
- It must be close upon the hour of their waning, yet how big and soft; and how companionable!
- Extract from : « The Dragon Painter » by Mary McNeil Fenollosa
- Where had my spirit been while the waning year had rolled on?
- Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz
- There were clouds across a waning moon, and it was fairly dark.
- Extract from : « For the Sake of the School » by Angela Brazil
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