All 5 Uses
wane
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The Shining
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- They stood side by side for a moment, watching the wax and wane of the coals of the fire.†
Chpt 3 *
- After supper the boys had come out in the day's waning light to stand solemnly around the charred and blackened nest.†
Chpt 5waning = declining or diminishing
- For a moment its shadow bobbed on the wall, waxing and waning.†
Chpt 5
- Great holes had been eaten into its sides, and there was a red hell inside, waxing and waning.†
Chpt 5
- The fire waxed and waned.†
Chpt 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(wane) gradually decrease in strength, intensity, size, or importance -- especially the part of the moon that is visible
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)