How to Use die down in a Sentence

die down

phrasal verb

• When wasp activity has died down, knock the nest down to discourage the wasps’ return.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2024
• This quick-sprouting, fast-growing annual grass adds color to your winter lawn and then dies down with next year's heat.
  — Michelle Ullman, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2024
• But on the drive home Tecun felt the adrenaline start to die down.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• That died down within a few months of George Floyd’s death.
  — Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
• Toward the end of the tunnel, traffic died down and the bus picked up its pace.
  — Alex Koller, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
• The flames died down the previous night but flared up again in the morning.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2024
• The fracas in the Treasury market has died down, at least for now.
  — WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023
• This was, uh, 1692, and the witch trials were dying down in Europe.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Oct. 2023
• But by then, concern among parents and staff had died down.
  — Steven Rich, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
• However, the summer crowds start to die down the last week or two of August.
  — Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 5 July 2024
• But the hysteria has died down along with the volume of complaints.
  — Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
• Before a tornado hits, the wind may die down and the air may become very still.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 Apr. 2024
• The controversy died down when Panera agreed to abide by the law.
  — Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
• The leaves last all winter and finally die down in late spring as the bulbs go dormant.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2023
• But when the music died down, a silent march began toward the graveyard.
  — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
• In the face of a deadly regime crackdown, protests died down in Iran earlier this year.
  — Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 16 Sep. 2023
• For days after the gunfire died down, Hand didn't know where his daughter was.
  — Matt Rivers, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2023
• The wind should die down a little Wednesday and make for a mostly, pleasant day with a high around 69.
  — Steven Martinez, Journal Sentinel, 1 Oct. 2024
• Winds also died down in the area, but gusts of up to 20 mph are expected on Monday.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 29 July 2024
• That hype has since died down a bit, suggesting to some that maybe these tools won’t be as useful as they were promised to be.
  — WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023
• But when the action dies down, we’re left with bits and pieces borrowed from other, better TV shows and movies.
  — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 17 July 2024
• For a drink that’s been around for centuries, our obsession with coffee has yet to die down.
  — Jamie Wilson, Glamour, 29 Aug. 2023
• That’s when graffiti started to die down on the subway.
  — Matt Thompson, Spin, 26 Sep. 2023
• Each time the applause started to die down, Korine waved his hands in the air like a conductor, and the cheers started up again.
  — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 2 Sep. 2023
• Drake is poking fun at his beef with Kendrick Lamar now that their feud has seemingly died down.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 28 July 2024
• And if there is a ceasefire, Cohen expects the protests to really die down.
  — Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 7 May 2024
• Since owners Arielle and Christopher Moss swung open the doors in late 2020, their weekend lines have rarely ever died down.
  — Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 27 June 2023
• The season typically dies down when kids go back to school.
  — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024
• At the time, the government eventually backtracked and the protests died down.
  — Verena Hölzl, TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
• An American flag that had been fluttering across the rural road hung limp as the wind died down.
  — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024