The wave diminished as it rolled on, the ground becoming quiet once more.

But they say they have no way of knowing when the wave of arrivals will diminish.

The wave would diminish a little as it crossed the Atlantic, but if it hit the Atlantic Seaboard it could be higher than the skyscrapers of Boston, New York, Washington and Miami.

But these stern waves gradually diminished.

Economists may continue to debate the severity of the shortages, but there is little doubt that the waves of migrants who once crowded into the booming coastal provinces are diminishing.

The successive and periodic waves of emigration diminished the population down to roughly 14,000 inhabitants.

The waves had diminished to ten feet and no water was coming over the deck.

Although the waves had diminished so that Silberwelle only occasionally drove through one tall enough for water and spray to cascade over the bow, the entire ship glistened with a thin coat of salt water.

The wind blew as strong as ever - the gauge registered fifty-five knots - and the ship climbed and bounced and cut through waves, but the waves were diminishing even more.

Cooper's breakthrough pain has been so severe at times that she's been forced to stop everything she's doing and lie down, even in places like a department store, until the wave of pain diminishes.