subside

In a sentence

Six example sentences with subside, each labelled with its topic.

• The swelling should subside within two days, and if it has not, the nurse wants a photograph sent in.

  Medicine

• We waited on the pier until the swell subsided, then the ferry captain finally agreed to make the crossing.

  Travel

• The crowd noise did not subside until well after the buzzer, and the visiting coach gave up shouting instructions.

  Basketball

• Once the panic subsided, the shares recovered half their losses, and the traders who had sold at the bottom said little.

  Finance

• Panic attacks usually subside within twenty minutes, and knowing that fact alone helps many patients wait them out.

  Psychology

• The outrage over the new tax subsided by spring, and the minister who had proposed it was quietly promoted.

  Politics

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains subside. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

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