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ebb
in
Delirium, by Lauren Oliver
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- One night after she'd come to sleep in my bed I woke up in the very early morning, the nighttime shadows ebbing off our walls.†
p. 41.2 *ebbing = declining -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide
- This music ebbs and flows, irregular, sad.†
p. 123.5ebbs and flows = exhibits a recurring pattern of decrease and increase
- At points the wailing grows louder, almost to a fever pitch, and I have to cover my ears; then it ebbs away again.†
p. 353.1ebbs = declines -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide
- Someday she'll hardly think of all the time we spent together—when she does, it will seem distant and faintly ridiculous, like the memory of a dream whose details have already started to ebb away.†
p. 386.7ebb = decline -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide
- I close my eyes, waiting for the pain to begin ebbing away, trying to sort out words from the tangle of voices downstairs and the sounds of footsteps and muffled exclamations and the television going in the kitchen, but I can't make out any specific conversations.†
p. 406.3ebbing = declining -- 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)