How to Use taper off in a Sentence

taper off

verb

• And while sales have tapered off in the last 50 years, the brand hasn't gone anywhere.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2023
• The wet snow will turn to lighter, fluffier snow overnight as the storm tapers off.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
• The pace of ground assaults has tapered off, Bochka said.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
• Most types of tulips flower best the first year, then taper off.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 9 Jan. 2023
• The finish tapers off with caramel, maple, and a hint of honey.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2023
• The rain should taper off by mid to late afternoon with highs in the 70s and low 80s.
  — Dallas News, 20 May 2021
• Where does the student taper off and the teacher take over?
  — Jhumpa Lahiri, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2021
• Around midnight, a cold front will move into the area, and the rain will start to taper off.
  — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 24 Dec. 2020
• Snow will start to taper off across the upper Midwest and Great Lakes.
  — Janice Dean, Fox News, 7 Apr. 2022
• Clouds were forecast to roll in overnight and help the chilly weather taper off.
  — Matt Bruce, ajc, 8 Jan. 2022
• That will be the case into the evening before things taper off into the night.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2020
• Winds taper off in the evening, leaving a clear and cold overnight period with lows in the 30s.
  — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2020
• Shower chances taper off Wednesday night as lows drop to the mid 50s.
  — Mike Rose, cleveland, 16 May 2022
• The rain is likely to arrive around 6 a.m., then taper off by 11 a.m.
  — oregonlive, 6 Aug. 2020
• The heavy rain was forecast to taper off late Wednesday night.
  — CBS News, 10 July 2024
• The sheepshead will then taper off, but then more Spanish, more pompano and specks will show up.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 4 Apr. 2021
• Showers and storms should taper off late Thursday night with lows from 70 to 75.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
• Things should begin to taper off by Wednesday, but clouds will stick around through the latter part of the week.
  — Dallas News, 20 Sep. 2020
• Showers should taper off overnight with lows in the upper 60s to lower 70s.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
• Light snow gradually tapers off from west to east late in the day.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
• Most of the rain should taper off by mid-morning and the afternoon is looking dry.
  — Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2021
• The bond purchase program will likely be one of the first programs to taper off in the coming months.
  — Q.ai - Investing Reimagined, Forbes, 16 June 2021
• The rain may be slow to clear Thursday, but most showers and storms should taper off by midday.
  — Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2021
• The snow will taper off from west to east during the late afternoon and early evening.
  — courant.com, 4 Dec. 2020
• Tonight: Showers/storms taper off by late evening, clouds linger.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
• As the rain and winds tapered off in the city and its suburbs, the storm continued to affect most of the Northeast and New England.
  — Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2024
• Tonight: Showers should quickly taper off in the evening but expect plenty of clouds to greet the New Year.
  — Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2020
• But after a couple of weeks, the errands started to taper off.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2023
• In the Ohio Valley, most of the rain and snow is forecast to taper off by Thanksgiving morning.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
• The third tablet releases 1mg of extended melatonin that tapers off by the morning.
  — Tim Chan, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Jan 2025