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Fading away

noun

Gradually diminishing in brightness or loudness or strength.

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... went back to the thing, and he studied it closely. A cold chill raced through his body as he noted that its gleam was becoming dull, fading slowly out. It had gleamed brightly at first, and now was losing its sheen, fading away to invisibility. He thought he should be able, regardless of gleam or color, to see its outline; but its outline, too, seemed ...

— Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 • Various

... tenderly. "'Tis time all this was ended, Lettice; she is fading away, yes, fading away, and what will come of it all, if she says me ...

— Heiress of Haddon • William E. Doubleday

... * * He wrote Justice McLean, May 10, 1837: "There will not, I fear, even in our day, be any case in which a law of a State or of Congress will be declared unconstitutional; for the old constitutional doctrines are fast fading away." "Life and Letters of Joseph Story." vol. II, p. 272; see also p. 270, for Chancellor Kent's unfavorable ...

— John Marshall and the Constitution - A Chronicle of the Supreme Court, Volume 16 In The - Chronicles Of America Series • Edward S. Corwin

... queen on board the train at Oneida. But how shocking that they should be Christians, and Protestants! It would have been bad enough to have them Catholics. And that woman said that they were increasing. They ought to be fading away." ...

— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells

... only were descried the white sails of a ship, gradually passing outwards and fading away into the azure ...

— Wood Rangers - The Trappers of Sonora • Mayne Reid

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