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Sentence example with the word 'receding'
receding
declining, dwindling, ebbing, recedence, retirement, retractation, retraction, retreating, shrinking, waning
Definition
adj.
(of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back
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It burnt on, however, quite steadily, neither
receding
nor advancing.
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M'Gregor's footsteps could be heard
receding
along the corridor.'
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The
receding
footsteps of the speaker were heard; and, in another minute, the form of Mr.
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Bumble, in
receding
from the fire, and still keeping at the table, increased the distance between himself and Mrs.
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In imagination I beheld their figures
receding
while I drifted out to sea, alone.
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They remained at the stern, and stood by the railing, watching the great city, with its crowded wharves,
receding
from view.
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