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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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