All 7 Uses of
subside
in
Middlemarch
- In this way, the early months of marriage often are times of critical tumult—whether that of a shrimp-pool or of deeper waters—which afterwards subsides into cheerful peace.†
Chpt 2
- Dorothea sat down and subsided into calm silence, feeling happier than she had done for a long while before.†
Chpt 2 *
- He made a grimace which was habitual with him whenever he was "out" in a game; then subsided into a laugh, and drew a brandy-flask from his pocket.†
Chpt 4
- But she hesitated, fearing to offend him by obtruding herself; for her ardor, continually repulsed, served, with her intense memory, to heighten her dread, as thwarted energy subsides into a shudder; and she wandered slowly round the nearer clumps of trees until she saw him advancing.†
Chpt 4
- That seemed to be true, and Mrs. Bulstrode's remonstrance subsided into pity for poor Rosamond, whose extravagant education she had always foreseen the fruits of.†
Chpt 7
- But she lost energy at last even for her loud-whispered cries and moans: she subsided into helpless sobs, and on the cold floor she sobbed herself to sleep.†
Chpt 8
- When Rosamond's convulsed throat was subsiding into calm, and she withdrew the handkerchief with which she had been hiding her face, her eyes met Dorothea's as helplessly as if they had been blue flowers.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(subside as in: her anger subsided) become less intense, less severe, or less active -- perhaps going away entirely