Dictionary entry

On the wane

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Definition

wane /weÇn/ v ၁။ (လ)ဆုတ္သည္။ Compare WAX 2 ၁ ၂။ ယုတ္ေလ်ာ့ေမွးမိွန္သြားသည္။ The power of the landowners waned during this period. ❍ Her enthusiasm for the whole idea was waning rapidly. n လဆုတ္။ ❏ on the wane [ IDM ] က်ဆင္းသည္။ ဆုတ္ယုတ္သည္။ ေမွးမိွန္သည္။ By this time his political influence was on the wane.

Examples

  1. ‘Tonight and for the next week or so while the moon is waning with the brightest appearance next Tuesday night.’
  2. ‘By the time the moon wanes and Ramadan begins
  3. some of the young men we are searching for might be under a different night sky and under bombardment from American aircraft.’
  4. ‘I knew Sarah would come in the same way I knew the moon would grow and wane in cycles.’
  5. ‘Tory tried to see her reflection
  6. but the moon was waning
  7. the stars obscured by clouds.’
  8. ‘On the 30th
  9. at 10: 31 P.M.
  10. the Moon wanes to last quarter for the second time in August.’
  11. ‘Though my friend's interest waned and our friendship failed
  12. my interest in the Craft only grew stronger.’
  13. ‘This is much like a futures contract
  14. an exchange traded forward agreement
  15. that starts off hot with growing open interest
  16. but then interest wanes with the contract's eventual delisting.’
  17. ‘If
  18. for any reason
  19. dollar confidence wanes these holders could move to ‘hedge’ or liquidate holdings.’
  20. ‘Then we heard that the water was opening for pike fishing
  21. so the trout interest waned somewhat.’
  22. ‘It's all very well to have a decent sex scene here and there
  23. but when it's pretty much only that surrounded by an extremely meagre plot
  24. I find my interest wanes rather quickly.’
  25. ‘Any pups in the pack would show interest in the collar
  26. however this interest would wane to none after 7-10 days.’
  27. ‘Martin Lee thinks his party's public support remains firm
  28. even as China fears wane.’
  29. ‘Those who attack the veil often do so
  30. not out of republican passion
  31. but because that passion has waned.’
  32. ‘As a result
  33. the Commonwealth's powers have waxed and the residual ones of the states have waned.’
  34. ‘I know I am being harsh but I have watched two out of th the three hours thus far aired and my interest is already waning.’
  35. ‘My joy waned as I was greeted by the bright faces of Trevor and Simon looking up at me from the front of the card.’
  36. ‘He has rightly suggested Ascot
  37. who would welcome the move as they hold a lingering suspicion that interest is waning in steeplechasing.’
  38. ‘All the lands were grey and still; and ever the shadows deepened before them
  39. and hope waned in every heart.’
  40. ‘Your Aries child will display a great deal of enthusiasm in his or her day to day life - but be warned that this enthusiasm can wane very quickly as the child moves on to the next interest.’
  41. ‘Interest had waned over time although expectations were high that the site clean-up might re-awaken it.’