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Dropped back after a promising start
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faded
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fade \Fade\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Faded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fading .] [OE. faden, vaden, prob. fr. fade, a.; cf. Prov. D. vadden to fade, wither, vaddigh languid, torpid. Cf. Fade , a., Vade .] To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish ...
Usage examples of faded.
Moments later the subdued whistle of the engines faded and Dane could hear the structure of the ship creak around them as acceleration ceased.
Spasming, Acies moaned in pain as broken bones knit themselves together and bruises faded.
For a moment he shook like a alder leaf in an autumn gale and then the sinister half-recollection faded and was gone before he could grasp its import.
The color faded from his eyes, leached away to white and then filled with amaranthine lacking whites, pupils and iris.
Like some great arachnid of pure force, the demon flames of the destruction swept and washed across the vision, and when it faded, Bright Eyes lay shaken by what he had seen.
At least Arioso wrote a fairly clear hand and used expensive ink that had not faded.
Sheila broke off in a string of arrhythmic hiccups that gradually faded to sobs.
Elizabeth faded quite from sight next to Miss Holcomb, a situation Ava was certain Elizabeth would remedy in short order.
As the glow faded, the stone blocks of bauxite began to fall away, no longer cemented, tumbling down into a pit hidden below the hearth.
The hope of THAT sustains us now, In THAT we trust on bended knee, While thus around his faded brow We twine the wreath of memory.
That was the question the officers accompanying Bering asked themselves as the white peaks of Kamchatka faded on the offing.
The halandana was a green figure, Marek was red, Bex was a faded rose.
The light from the ashram lanterns faded gradually, and the sound of the brahmacharyas chanting Saivite bhajans as they worked at the raft fell slowly behind until they were mere murmurs on the wind, ghostly hints of human presence, felt rather than actually heard.
The bifold picture frame with faded snapshots of Abby and Zoey as children.
His tirade faded when he saw her, half hidden by the vines, the bikini bottom in her hand.