All 8 Uses

wane
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Seabiscuit, by Hillenbrand
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He was always alone, even back then, in the waning days of the nineteenth century.†
Chpt 1.2 *

waning = declining or diminishing
But attendance at his show waned, and paying his men became a problem.†
Chpt 1.2
As the spring waned, they decided to take the show on the road.†
Chpt 1.3
The bush leagues contained two kinds of riders: kids like Pollard seeking to make their names and veterans in the bitter waning days of their careers, sliding down to this last and lowest place in the sport.†
Chpt 1.4

waning = declining or diminishing
While other riders dragged themselves to the barn to gallop horses at 4:00 A.M. seven days a week, compelled by a biting fear that their skills would wane or trainers would forget them, Woolf slept in, rarely showing up at the track before noon.†
Chpt 1.4
As October waned, the tension all over the backstretch heightened.†
Chpt 2.18
January waned, and still Seabiscuit had not raced.†
Chpt 3.22
One day in the waning years of his life, Red Pollard stopped talking.†
Chpt Epil.

waning = declining or diminishing

Definitions:

(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)