Both Uses
ebb
in
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter
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- The world was quiet as she drove back through the familiar streets, the effects of the wine beginning to ebb.†
p. 86.2 *ebb = decline -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide
- He talked until the words slowed, ebbed, finally ceased.†
p. 275.4ebbed = declined -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide
Definitions:
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(1)
(ebb) decline -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)