Both Uses of
ebb
in
A Thousand Acres
- It was a natural will-less process, an ebbing that was more reassuring than anything else, since it seemed to mean that I could be satisfied as well as full of longing.†
p. 164.4 *ebbing = declining -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide
- We smiled at each other, another degree of ebb.†
p. 164.6ebb = decline -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide