Waned

But as his term waned, von Spakovsky became a poster boy for the blatant politicization of the federal agencies in charge of protecting voters 'rights. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But she told us that this very moon is a new tribe come into the Dale, six long hundreds in number, and twice as many more are looked for in two eights of days, and that ere this moon hath waned, that is, in twenty-four days, they will wend their ways straight for Burgdale, for they know the ways thereto. ❋ William Morris (1865)

Osborne said the nostalgia he felt for the days Nebraska played Oklahoma for league titles waned years ago. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The popularity of the idea waned in the early 2000s following disappointing results in clinical trials of two anti-angiogenic compounds, angiostatin and endostatin, that were discovered in Folkman's lab. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The flaw with this reasoning is that the Eastern District of Virginia, and later Wisconsin, eventually "waned" because the judges in those districts followed the venue laws and routinely granted 1404a motions to transfer where neither side had any connection to the forum. ❋ Peter Zura (2008)

We know that Hamid Karzai, the president's popularity has kind of waned in recent months. ❋ Unknown (2008)

ANDERSON: ... my interest has kind of waned over the years, I will say that. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Where there has been no progress is on the political side and America's ability to influence political progress in Iraq has actually waned which is ironic because despite having more soldiers in the line of fire in Iraq, President Bush actually has less control over the political events taking place in Baghdad. ❋ Unknown (2007)

WHITFIELD: And after the search had kind of waned involving some of the police authorities, the friends and family members were determined to conduct their own kind of search. ❋ Unknown (2004)

-- Christ 'waned' the glorious name of Son of God, and the miraculous name of Son of a virgin too; which is not omitted to draw into doubt the perpetual virginity of the blessed virgin, the mother of Christ, &c. ❋ Henry Nelson Coleridge (1820)

In fact, you could comfortably and accurately translate "waned" as "nope, sorry, no longer interested." ❋ Unknown (2009)

In my opinion, the tournament kind of waned after they moved it from Tulsa Country Club.

"It was a huge rivalry when I got to Detroit," Bowman said, "and it kind of waned a bit after I left Detroit. ❋ Bruce Ciskie (2010)

As the century waned, the glamorous old-style safari, which could be defined as “traveling by caravan to rough it near wildlife in Africa, but not without access to a porcelain tea set,” had been replaced by the peppy new-style safari, “nature travel anywhere, so long as it involves unconventional transport and a modicum of hazard offset by pampering.” ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

But while English literacy waned, spoken English continued to evolve unfettered. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

The creature's eyes were alight with a sombre frenzy, which blazed and waned with every mouthful. ❋ Unknown (2010)