subsided; subsiding
1
: to sink or fall to the bottom : settle
2
: to tend downward : descend
especially
: to flatten out so as to form a depression
3
: to let oneself settle down : sink
subsided into a chair
4
: to become quiet or less
as the fever subsides
my anger subsided
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Examples of subside in a Sentence
The pain will subside in a couple of hours.
After his anger had subsided, he was able to look at things rationally.
We'll have to wait until the wind subsides.
The road will remain closed until the water subsides.
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Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Yes, but: The boom in business that the pandemic provided as consumers sought testing and vaccines subsided by 2023— pushing both Walgreens and CVS to make massive investments in primary care delivery to secure their future in health care.
—Claire Rychlewski, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Lo knows to play a long game, and plans to remain steadfast while waiting for the turmoil to subside.
—Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
The reader was promised the possibility of sinking into another world, of escaping their problems, the weight of life subsiding for minutes, hours, days at a time.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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subside
intransitive verb
sub·side
səb-ˈsīd 
subsided; subsiding
: to lessen in severity : become diminished
the fever subsided
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