How to Use dissipate in a Sentence

dissipate

verb
  • The fog should dissipate soon.
  • The morning sun dissipated the fog.
  • Through Tonight: The few clouds of the day will tend to dissipate.
    Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2021
  • That gives the storm enough time to move away or dissipate.
    Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Left long enough, the foam would vanish, the gas would dissipate and the stout would go still and flat.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Once that is in the story, your score starts to dissipate.
    Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 6 June 2023
  • So let the stress wash over you and dissipate like the sweet steam off a fresh mug of hot chocolate.
    CNN Underscored, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Through Tonight: Any clouds of the day tend to dissipate with sunset.
    Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Showers dissipate in the evening with overnight lows in the mid-to-upper 60s.
    David Streit, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The clock strikes midnight, and the magic dissipates into the night.
    Dusty Parnell, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • As the day wears on, clouds part but do not fully dissipate as highs reach the low 40s.
    David Streit, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2023
  • And the flooding is getting worse as the storm dissipates.
    Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 18 Sep. 2018
  • But as soon as the men start to explain themselves, the threat dissipates.
    Margaret Gray, latimes.com, 8 June 2018
  • It’s the kind of thing that doesn’t dissipate in two or three days after the event happens.
    Adam Epstein, Quartz, 2 June 2021
  • The itch to keep climbing didn’t seem to dissipate once in Congress.
    Ben Terris, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Since vinyl chloride in the air breaks down and dissipates in a day or two, it would not be found in air now.
    Jill Neimark, STAT, 21 Feb. 2023
  • These are good tools to get a reading of the wind around you, but the powder quickly dissipates.
    Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 2 Dec. 2019
  • The heat is much more concentrated at the top, along its veins and in its seeds, but dissipates at the tip.
    Pati Jinich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2024
  • As the crowd began to dissipate, the sisters went inside to pray.
    Chris Kenning, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Four days later, the cloud of smoke has not yet begun to dissipate.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2023
  • If there’s much wind shear present, the low-pressure system dissipates, blown apart by the wind.
    Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2019
  • Through tonight: Clouds tend to dissipate with loss of sunshine.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Anger tends to dissipate fast in a place this cold, Head said a few minutes later.
    Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • At first, officials said the odor would dissipate in three to five days.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The pump is bathed in gasoline which helps dissipate heat that could shorten its life.
    Bob Weber, chicagotribune.com, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Poured from the can into a glass, the odor dissipates over time, but does not entirely go away.
    Richard Ruelas, azcentral, 27 Mar. 2018
  • As leagues have dissipated or gone elsewhere, that is no longer the case.
    Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 2 May 2018
  • The end of the writers strike in September did little to dissipate the anger.
    Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Any showers should thin out and dissipate at night, with lows 60-65.
    Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 22 May 2017
  • Now, all of those bubbles are poised to dissipate as banks tighten their policies and stop the free flow of cash.
    Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 17 June 2022

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