What is "wearing off"

Usage examples of "wearing off".

The euphoria of Liberation is wearing off and survivors' guilt is coming back.

The morphine was wearing off rapidly, and he lay, still groaning, on the table.

The tranquilizing effect of the drugs was wearing off, and he had to make an effort to attend the captain's words.

Four or five hours after the event, when the effects of a cerebral sugar shortage were wearing off, I was taken for a little tour of the city, which included a visit, towards sundown, to what is modestly claimed to be the World's Biggest Drug Store.

The talismans he used to cloak this place must be wearing off, though, which is how Kate found it.

This particular agent also has the advantage of wearing off more quickly than any sedative.

But I guess the effect is wearing off as far as you and I are concerned -otherwise we'd be traveling still.

Now that the novelty of his situation was wearing off, his natural indolence reasserted itself, and there was nothing he dreaded more than having to be on his guard against the innumerable plans that his well-wishers were perpetually making for him.