The day wanes ere the host has passed and dusk begins to prevail, when tidings reach the rear-guard that cause dismay.
After a time the building-up process wanes and then ceases, while the tearing-down process (erosion) continues either until the whole range has been completely worn down or until some rejuvenating force causes a renewed uplift.
The old-age stage sets in when the upbuilding power wanes or actually ceases, and erosion dominates or reigns supreme.
Calantha wakes, but not to sense restored, The mind still trembled on the jarring chord, And troubled reason flicker'd in the eye, As gleams and wanes a star in some perturbed sky.
As the summer wanes every hive must be examined to make sure that the colony is strong and that the supply of honey is not short.
Oh, happier he who gains not The Love some seem to gain: The joy that custom stains not Shall still with him remain, The loveliness that wanes not, The Love that ne'er can wane.
Heaven and earth, till a man's life wanes and closes, Show not life or love a lovelier sight.
Through the darkness and the splendour of the centuries, loud or dumb, Shines and wanes and shines the spirit, lit with love of life to come.
And as sure as the old moon wanes and the young moon is born, he will take vengeance on those whom you have spoken of--those who eat his substance and dishonour his wife and son.
By the hearth of Odysseus to which I am come, I swear that Odysseus himself will stand up here before the old moon wanes and the new moon is born.
But thou delayest, wanesthe day: 90 Prithee, come forth new Bride.
Still Cynthia's changeful horn waxes and wanes Alternate, and with arms extended still, She welcomes to her breast her brother's beams.
Still Cynthia's changeful horn waxes and wanes Alternate, and with arms extended still She welcomes to her breast her brother's beams.
I had often heard of boyish passion soon forgot, of love that waxes and wanes in a few short months, and if I have learned no other point of philosophy, I have learned to doubt the human heart till it is tried.
Through the action of that wind, the Moon, after waning, wanes again till he displays his full disc.
Gone are his footsteps over the hill, Withdrawn his goodly face; The mournful dusk begins to gather, The daylight wanes apace.
The summer wanes and autumn is upon us with all its mists and shadows of purple and grey.
When I go before her all fire of passion is extinguished in my heart, and my troubles and cares pass away and become small in the distance, even as the light of the morning stars pales and wanes at the coming of the sun.
XXII WHY THE MOON WAXES AND WANES In a certain village on the Yukon River there once lived four brothers and a sister.
The moon, being without food, wanes slowly away from starvation until it is quite lost to sight; then the sun reaches out and feeds it from the dish in which she carried food to the kashim.
Now I will away--the night wanesand Pharaoh must dream dreams ere dawn.
Hear the word and mark the warning, Beauty lives but in your sight, Beauty fades from all men's scorning In the watches of the night, Beauty wanes before the morning, and Love dies in his delight.
Oh, happier he who gains not The Love some seem to gain: The joy that custom stains not Shall still with him remain, The loveliness that wanes not, The love that ne'er can wane.
The skies may hold not the splendour of sundown fast; It wanes into twilight as dawn dies down into day.
As the strength wanes the cough becomes more and more severe, as if occasioned by a fresh cold, in which way the patient vainly tries to account for it.
As summer wanes you see and hear him less frequently, but he is still your comrade of the marshes, occasionally announcing his presence with a resonant twang and a jerky splash among the sedges.
Stay to-day which wanes too soon, Stay the sun and stay the moon, Stay your youth; Bask you in the actual noon, Rest you in the present truth.
Little brings the May breeze Beside pure scent of flowers, While all things wax and nothing wanes In lengthening daylight hours.
In this same year Odysseus shall come hither; as the old moon wanes and the new is born shall he return to his home, and shall take vengeance on all who here dishonour his wife and noble son.
In this same year Odysseus shall come hither, as the old moon wanes and the new is born.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wanes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
