How to Use subside in a Sentence

subside

verb
  • The pain will subside in a couple of hours.
  • We'll have to wait until the wind subsides.
  • The road will remain closed until the water subsides.
  • After his anger had subsided, he was able to look at things rationally.
  • Hayes said the surge in claims would subside with time.
    Melissa Chan, NBC News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • As time passed the pain from the breakup began to subside, but the eczema stuck around.
    Kathryn Watson, SELF, 14 June 2022
  • And, if the fans’ anger doesn’t subside, well, who can blame ‘em?
    Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2022
  • So perhaps a bit more of that and the doubts will subside.
    Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Oct. 2021
  • The stock hit a high of $63 about three years ago, and has subsided to about $45.
    John Dorfman, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The fighting in Ukraine and the Middle East could subside.
    Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The itch will subside anywhere from a few days to two weeks.
    Amanda Gardner, Health, 27 May 2024
  • Winds subside by evening as well, with overnight lows dropping to the mid-30s to low 40s.
    Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2022
  • For a few days, there may be some redness in the area, but this should subside with time.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The good news is those should subside in the Northeast on Wednesday.
    Judson Jones, CNN, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The uproar didn’t subside when the 12-team field was revealed on Dec. 8.
    Jon Wilner, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Talk to a healthcare provider if pain or swelling doesn't subside.
    Gabrielle Kassel, Health, 14 June 2024
  • Find a few moments to breathe and allow the pressure to subside.
    Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2023
  • But as soon as the work lessens and the nerves subside your body surrenders to illness.
    André Alexis, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
  • The heat should subside the rest of the week, with a forecast high of 80 degrees on Wednesday and 70 on Thursday.
    Detroit Free Press, 31 May 2022
  • People want their fevers to subside, their crops to grow, and their hunts to succeed.
    Manvir Singh, Wired, 14 July 2022
  • Once the swelling subsided, bite marks from where the spider bit Blake could be seen on his foot.
    Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The music had stopped, the band was leaving the stage, and applause were subsiding.
    Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
  • As the months passed, the rage began to subside, and ever so slowly, his lust for vengeance eased.
    BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2021
  • But there was one period last year when the chaos around Payne seemed to subside.
    Federico Fahsbender, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
  • This put a hold on launching the product but the queries from customers did not subside.
    Tommy Williams, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • The hope in the U.S. is that France’s anger will gradually subside.
    Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Sep. 2021
  • The first view focuses on the high winds, which should subside about 7 p.m. Tuesday.
    oregonlive, 27 Dec. 2022
  • When the shaking subsided, parts of the concrete walls had broken off, and pieces of the ceiling in some rooms had crashed to the floor.
    Yaqoob Akbary, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Douty told Newsweek that conditions would improve Friday night as the wind subsides.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The uproar surrounding the election has not subsided since that time, despite Ganim later winning two court-ordered re-do elections in 2024.
    Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2025

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