Both Uses
ebb
in
Burned, by Ellen Hopkins
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- Killing bunnies was not the point, drawing blood, watching life ebb, pulse by pulse.†
*ebb = decline -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide
- I watched the cat's life ebb away, and didn't know whether to feel relief, satisfaction, or remorse.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(ebb) decline -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)