All 3 Uses of
ebb
in
Walkabout
- She felt the tension ebb slowly out of him, the trembling die gradually away.†
Chpt 1 *ebb = decline -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide
- Now she'd relinquished her leadership and all its implied responsibility, much of her keyed-up tension ebbed away.†
Chpt 7ebbed = declined -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide
- As they lay down to sleep, all the day's constraint — which had ebbed somewhat away during the lighting of the fire — came flooding back.†
Chpt 10