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
- ‘Tonight and for the next week or so while the moon is waning with the brightest appearance next Tuesday night.’
- ‘By the time the moon wanes and Ramadan begins
- some of the young men we are searching for might be under a different night sky and under bombardment from American aircraft.’
- ‘I knew Sarah would come in the same way I knew the moon would grow and wane in cycles.’
- ‘Tory tried to see her reflection
- but the moon was waning
- the stars obscured by clouds.’
- ‘On the 30th
- at 10: 31 P.M.
- the Moon wanes to last quarter for the second time in August.’
- ‘Though my friend's interest waned and our friendship failed
- my interest in the Craft only grew stronger.’
- ‘This is much like a futures contract
- an exchange traded forward agreement
- that starts off hot with growing open interest
- but then interest wanes with the contract's eventual delisting.’
- ‘If
- for any reason
- dollar confidence wanes these holders could move to ‘hedge’ or liquidate holdings.’
- ‘Then we heard that the water was opening for pike fishing
- so the trout interest waned somewhat.’
- ‘It's all very well to have a decent sex scene here and there
- but when it's pretty much only that surrounded by an extremely meagre plot
- I find my interest wanes rather quickly.’
- ‘Any pups in the pack would show interest in the collar
- however this interest would wane to none after 7-10 days.’
- ‘Martin Lee thinks his party's public support remains firm
- even as China fears wane.’
- ‘Those who attack the veil often do so
- not out of republican passion
- but because that passion has waned.’
- ‘As a result
- the Commonwealth's powers have waxed and the residual ones of the states have waned.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘He has rightly suggested Ascot
- who would welcome the move as they hold a lingering suspicion that interest is waning in steeplechasing.’
- ‘All the lands were grey and still; and ever the shadows deepened before them
- and hope waned in every heart.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘Interest had waned over time although expectations were high that the site clean-up might re-awaken it.’