wane
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Synonyms & Antonyms for wane
Synonyms: Verb
abate, de-escalate, decline, decrease, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down) also rachet (down) , recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off
Antonyms: Verb
accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, pick up, rise, snowball, soar, swell, wax
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Examples of wane in a Sentence
Verb
The moon waxes and then wanes. The scandal caused her popularity to wane. Interest in this issue has continued to wane. the waning days of summer
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
As each summer began to wane, the family sought services like back-to-school drives that provided supplies such as backpacks and binders. — oregonlive.com, "Back to school: For some Oregon families, free and reduced lunches are a lifeline," 24 Aug. 2019 After several moments the noise began to wane and the bird flew out and rejoined the others. — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, "The quirky habits of El Cerrito hummingbirds," 14 Aug. 2019 The Owenite influence began to wane around the time of the Civil War, but people connected to the Owen family and New Harmony’s mission kept the town going. — Diana Budds, Curbed, "This small Indiana town is a hotbed of utopianism," 5 Aug. 2019 Data released on Friday suggest that a nascent economic uptick is beginning to wane and that China could slip back into a slowdown. — New York Times, "A Slower Economy. A Trade War. Now, China Faces Rising Food Prices.," 4 June 2019 Conspiracy theories, both anti-Semitic and otherwise, tend to wax and wane with periods of social upheaval. — J.c. Pan, The New Republic, "Democratic Rot and the Origins of American Conspiracism," 3 July 2019 Viewed from Earth, the amount of the moon illuminated by the sun appears to wax and wane, creating the familiar cycle from new moon to crescent to full. — National Geographic, "Why does Earth have a moon, and how does it affect our planet?," 3 July 2019 Challenges and benefits But because students inevitably graduate, momentum advocating for the programs tend to wax and wane. — NBC News, "After 50 years, Asian American studies programs can still be hard to find," 27 June 2019 The economy will wax and wane; dealerships will close; others will open. — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, "How to Become a Skilled Tradesperson," 13 Mar. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
That’s because, after romping for a long time, earnings growth appears to be on the wane. — Larry Light, Fortune, "More than Half of All Stock Buybacks are Now Financed by Debt. Here’s Why That’s a Problem," 20 Aug. 2019 His physicality in the mountains, so much a part of our lives, is on the wane. — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, "Well-heeled Brits have the ‘Glorious Twelfth,’ but Alaska bird hunters have it better," 14 Aug. 2019 Kathleen Winter, a University of Kentucky epidemiologist, said more populous Ohio is on pace to surpass it as her state’s outbreak wanes. — Laura Ungar, USA TODAY, "Hepatitis A is breaking out across the country in wake of opioid crisis," 10 Aug. 2019 Rose gold may be on the wane, but brass and gold accents are trending, as is matte black. — Washington Post, "Fall décor’s style song: feel-good vibes and personality," 6 Aug. 2019 Apple manufacturer Foxconn is reportedly seeking a buyer for its $8.8 billion LCD screen factory in Guangzhou as demand for the product wanes. — Fortune, "From “uncomfortable to scary”," 3 Aug. 2019 India’s biggest superstar at the time was fifty-seven and on the wane. — Vanita Kohli-khandekar, Quartz India, "How Rupert Murdoch saved KBC from being merely Kaun Banega Lakhpati," 22 July 2019 Individual firms’ fortunes wax and wane—General Electric’s second-quarter profits are expected to drop by 91% from their peak in 2015; Microsoft should book its highest absolute quarterly profits since it was founded in 1975. — The Economist, "After years of plenty America Inc is struggling to crank out more earnings," 18 July 2019 Aphid numbers wax and wane throughout the summer, highest numbers seem to be in early summer.