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Synonyms for ebbed
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : eb |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛb |
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Définition of ebbed
Origin :- Old English ebbian, from the root of ebb (n.). Related: Ebbed; ebbing.
- verb subside; decline
- 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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