All 5 Uses of
wane
in
The Time Machine
- 'It seemed to me that I had happened upon humanity upon the wane.†
Chpt 4
- The moon was on the wane: each night there was a longer interval of darkness.†
Chpt 7 *
- 'As the evening drew on, my interest waned.†
Chpt 8
- I hastily took a lump of camphor from my pocket, and prepared to light it as soon as the match should wane.†
Chpt 9
- I put Weena, still motionless, down upon a turfy bole, and very hastily, as my first lump of camphor waned, I began collecting sticks and leaves.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
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(wane) a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) -- especially the part of the moon that is visible