ebb away

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ebb away

to recede; to subside; to flow back. His life ebbed away little by little. As the sunlight ebbed away, the sky took on a grayish color.

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Had I kept my courage up to the level of the dawn, had I not allowed it to ebb away in solitary thought, I might have grasped the vacant sceptre of Moreau and ruled over the Beast People. The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context `So I travelled, stopping ever and again, in great strides of a thousand years or more, drawn on by the mystery of the earth's fate, watching with a strange fascination the sun grow larger and duller in the westward sky, and the life of the old earth ebb away. The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context As for yourself, death shall come to you from the sea, and your life shall ebb away very gently when you are full of years and peace of mind, and your people shall bless you. The Odyssey by Homer View in context			eat it up eat like a bird eat like a horse eat like a pig eat lunch Eat my shorts! eat off eat out eat out of eat out of hand eat out of house and home eat salt eat through Eat to live, not live to eat eat up eat up with Eat up! eat words eat your heart out! Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die eating eavesdrop on Eavesdroppers never hear any good of themselves ebb ebb and flow ebb away echo echo back to echo with eclipse economical economical with the truth economize on edge edge around edge away edge by edge out of edge with edgeways edgewise edit out of educate educate for educate in eel effect effigy effing and blinding effort egg			eBay Partner Network Ebay Payments Ebay site EBay Toolbar eBay Top Rated Seller eBay transaction EBay website EBay, Plc Ebay. Ebay.c Ebay.cm Ebay.co Ebay.co.uk Ebay.com Ebay.com/ Ebay.om EBAYC Ebaycom Ebaying Ebayy ebb ebb ebb ebb ebb ebb ebb ebb and flow ebb and flow ebb and flow ebb away ebb current ebb down ebb of life ebb off ebb out ebb tide ebb tide Ebb Tide (song) Ebb Tide (song) ebb-and-flow structure Ebba EBBAA EBBASA EBBC EBBD Ebbecke's reaction ebbed ebbed ebbed ebbed Ebben, Damen, Aukes, Hettema EBBEP Ebbers, Bernard Ebbers, Bernard J. Ebbetts Pass Fire District Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway EBBF ebbing

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