All 6 Uses of
wane
in
The Heritage of the Desert
- But as the afternoon waned he crept weariedly back to the corral.†
Chpt 8 *
- The afternoon waned into twilight, and Hare sought the quiet shadows under the wall near the river trail.†
Chpt 11
- So the afternoon waned.†
Chpt 14
- The shadows had gathered under the cliffs, and the rosy light high up on the ramparts had chilled and waned when Hare and Mescal sat down to their meal.†
Chpt 16
- When the afternoon waned and the shade from the western wall crept into the oasis, August Naab came from his cabin clad in buckskins, with a large blue Colt swinging handle outward from his left hip.†
Chpt 18
- The rustlers smoked, slept, and moved about; the day waned, and the shadow of the cliff crept over the cabin.†
Chpt 19
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