By the end of the 19th century, however, interest in it among mainstream mathematicians seemed to have all but died.

The reader wants to identify, and if the characters are dull or flat, interest will die away.

Most interests died except for her total devotion to baseball.

But experts said interest died due to several factors, including the lingering recession here.

So it was that the other great interest died and was put away forever.

His interest did not die, but it became inactive.

However, his interest in the academic study of the human mind soon died before he could graduate.

These facts in no way guaranteed that the Department's interest in himself had likewise died.

They had released a trailer but interest in the project was dying.

The governor, having fulfilled his official duty, apparently lost interest and the audience died a dull death.