Collocations for "wane"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "wane" in context.
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wane
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- [the moon, the daylight, their hope] was waning
- [the moon] began to wane
- the [summer, fall] is waning
- interest is waning
- waned into [dusk, evening, nothing]
- waning in [popularity, importance]
- its [popularity, importance, power] is waning
- (would, could, may) wane [due to, because of]
- waning with each [passing day, breath]
- waning with age
- waning over time
- a wane in [popularity, intensity, importance, sales]
- [interest, popularity] is on the wane
- the [epidemic, violence, conflict] is on the wane
- a gradual wane over the [period, years]
- has been on the wane [since, ever since, for]
- [cut, remove] the log wane
'wane' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):