recede *

The light receded, but for a long while no one moved.

With the company back in the black, some of these problems have receded.

After 15 minutes, the water began to recede, and he saw her.

They were way off to the side now, and receding fast.

The feeling receded enough for him to keep his eyes open.

All at once the water receded and the fire died away.

"So I think whatever line there once was is receding very quickly."

But even as he saw it the world seemed to be receding.

This is the third year since first I began to recede from myself.

She seemed to recede, and now it was difficult to call to her.

By 1996, this had receded to the point where a deal was possible.

The river has, however, receded since away to the north.

The cold war was receding, but not quite that fast.

That became more true as the event itself receded in time.

Once there, he began to move away again, receding into the distance.

"It takes a while for something like this to recede."

Now that moment itself is receding, without the war having ended.

Florida was a long ways down already, and receding fast.

Well, he would just have to get those data when they receded from the star again.

This means that with the years the near point recedes.

For the first time Charles's death receded into the past.

Five days later, on March 21, the water finally receded to 24 feet.

We have to wait for the water to recede in some places.

His hair did seem to be receding, true, but it was not.

They too receded in a second line from the spot.