All 6 Uses of
subside
in
Oliver Twist
- It is a common thing for the countenances of the dead, even in that fixed and rigid state, to subside into the long-forgotten expression of sleeping infancy, and settle into the very look of early life; so calm, so peaceful, do they grow again, that those who knew them in their happy childhood, kneel by the coffin's side in awe, and see the Angel even upon earth.†
Chpt 24
- As Fagin stepped softly in, the professional gentleman, running over the keys by way of prelude, occasioned a general cry of order for a song; which having subsided, a young lady proceeded to entertain the company with a ballad in four verses, between each of which the accompanyist played the melody all through, as loud as he could.†
Chpt 26
- …appearance, and a wholesale perfume of Geneva which pervaded the apartment, afforded strong confirmatory evidence of the justice of the Jew's supposition; and when, after indulging in the temporary display of violence above described, she subsided, first into dullness, and afterwards into a compound of feelings: under the influence of which she shed tears one minute, and in the next gave utterance to various exclamations of 'Never say die!' and divers calculations as to what might be…†
Chpt 26
- The thunder, which seemed in fact much nearer, and to shiver and break almost over their heads, having subsided, Monks, raising his face from the table, bent forward to listen to what the woman should say.†
Chpt 38
- Fagin nodded to him to take no further notice just then; and, in a few minutes, the girl subsided into her accustomed demeanour.†
Chpt 44
- The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him.†
Chpt 52 *
Definition:
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(subside as in: her anger subsided) become less intense, less severe, or less active -- perhaps going away entirely