They weakened his resolve, even though the rage and the lust for vengeance had not abated.

I did not want to stop being angry, for when my rage abated, grief and something worse-apprehension- took its place.

His rage had not abated in the many hours since first hearing of her abduction.

After lunch, when my mother's rage had still not abated, I stuffed the ration book into a straw basket.

The rage in him abated briefly, and he charged it again to do what was necessary and end it all.

Mark Lundig's face was furious; but his momentary rage abated.

His voice had grown so small that Loren's rage abated.

Her mother was still in denial and her father's rage had not abated.

And then, rage abated, he bestowed a beaming smile on Tarn.

In time, the rage abated, and what remained in its place was an emotionless distance.