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Definition

a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) — especially the part of the moon that is visible

waned = gradually decreased

waning = diminishing (less of it was visible)

As time passed, interest waned and only the companies being regulated paid attention to what was happening.
"We thought about marriage," she said. "How can you not when you live together for four years? But you know what? Over time, passion wanes, differences don't."
Amy Tan -- The Bonesetter's Daughter

wanes = gradually decreases

Fewer tears had been shed because the intensity of the feeling between us had waned.
Nicholas Sparks -- Dear John

waned = gradually decreased

Piper tried to respond, but her confidence started to wane.
Rick Riordan -- The Lost Hero

wane = decline (grow weaker)

He could see the white town of Salinas far out in the flat and the flash of its windows under the waning sun.
John Steinbeck -- The Red Pony

waning = diminishing or setting

waned = diminished (grew weaker)

So the bulk of the earning came from our garage-door business, and that income waxed and waned with the seasons.
Todd Burpo -- Heaven Is for Real

waned = a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

I watched the early traffic rolling into the city's waning lights.
Alex Flinn -- Beastly

waning = gradually going out (decreasing)

But as the day waned, Sylvia still watched the young man with loving admiration.
Sarah Jewett -- A White Heron

waned = grew smaller

And so, as July wanes on, I am forced from my attic bedroom to a cot on the screened back porch.
Kathryn Stockett -- The Help

wanes = has its remaining days diminish

In the waning moonlight I saw Jem swing his feet to the floor.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

waning = diminishing

Allie was unable to recognize me at any time, and I admit my attention waned now and then, for most of my thoughts were of the day we had just spent.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Notebook

waned = diminished

It was dusk, and there were only a few minutes left of waning gray light.
Nicholas Sparks -- Message in a Bottle

waning = diminishing

At last, to their right, the waning moon arose, and when it came up the wind died down, and the land was still.
John Steinbeck -- The Pearl

waning = diminishing

...for the night is waning away
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Masque of the Red Death

waning = diminishing (less of it remaining)

In the waning light, Julie's features took on a pale glow.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Guardian

waning = declining

The winds broke up the grey clouds, and a waning moon appeared above the hills between the flying rags.
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Hobbit

waning = diminishing (the illuminated part is getting smaller each night)

Sleep came not near my couch—while the hours ... waned away.
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Fall of the House of Usher

waned = gradually declined

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