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verb

past tense of fade

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of faded
Adjective
The board has been forgotten, but its presence looms over everything, not unlike the faded eyes of oculist Dr. T.J. Eckleburg, whose gaze sees all, even quietly desperate Bravo-show guest features that go nowhere. Kinsey Jasnoch, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024 There’s a good bit of history in the faded paint: The late D’Alessandros — Old Tommy and Young Tommy, both Baltimore mayors, and the father and brother, respectively, of Pelosi — appear. Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 24 Nov. 2024 In between the customers, vendors were constantly on the move, expertly moving buckets of flowers from nearby coolers onto the floor or stripping faded petals and leaves from new bunches of flowers. Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024 The Irishmen bogeyed 17 after Lowry’s faded tee shot landed in the gallery right of the green and McIlroy’s chip over the ridge of a bunker ran past the hole. Brett Martel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for faded 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for faded
Adjective
  • Zuckerberg has just recently emerged from his own masculinist makeover, which turned him from a pale coder to a buff and bronzed bro, and his openly suggestive glance at Sanchez’s exposed chest seemed like an appropriate capstone to Trump’s Inaugural Address.
    Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Birdie wore a coordinating one-piece swimsuit in the same color, paired with pale pink cowboy boots.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • His mother had disappeared during the journey from Cuba.
    Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The sun has disappeared beyond the middle-class condos of West Palm Beach and the western sky is painted tangerine.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Those at high-risk for listeria infection are newborns, those who are pregnant, have weakened immune systems, and those aged 65 or older.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
  • But the militants, while greatly weakened, have repeatedly regrouped, often after Israeli forces withdraw from areas.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Some visions of moral progress look forward to a world in which the in-group/out-group distinction has vanished.
    Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Continue reading … MISSING IN ACTION – Congresswoman who quietly vanished from Capitol Hill has been living in a retirement facility.
    Fox News, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Hollis brightened the beige-on-beige hallway entrance to her apartment by hanging a wreath of flowers on her brown door.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Hotter and brighter than the sun The OGLE data revealed several objects in the LMC and SMC that brightened by between 10 and 20 times over the course of a few months.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The rain is forecast to be widespread but is expected to be light enough to avoid major flooding.
    Daniel Amarante, ABC News, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Alba’s creations are cut from plush materials such as corduroy and flannel, featuring natural shoulders and only the lightest of canvasing in the chest, which results in a less-formal look.
    Aleks Cvetkovic, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • There's a lot of American cheese melted on top, and a demure pile of raw onion.
    Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Several types of bulbs poke their heads out of the ground before the snow has melted away.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • On the thirteenth-century tomb of Eleanor of Aquitaine, she is shown wide awake and reading, while her dull and kingly husband sleeps for all eternity.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Dune: Part Two, another fantasy of third-world power struggle, is dull but dedicated to globalism.
    Armond White, National Review, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Faded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faded. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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