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Finally, it would largely abate from the sympathy which late events have elicited from foreign nation. From Wordnik.com. [The Capture of Jefferson Davis] Reference
He said: "It doesn't seem to abate, that is for sure. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Pressures on private and public welfare won't abate. From Wordnik.com. [Our Sinking Welfare State] Reference
No oppression, no destitution could abate their zeal. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
The storm will abate, leaving the questions unanswered. From Wordnik.com. [So Many Documents, So Little Revelation] Reference
For fear to abate, all that is needed is a less perceived threat of loss. From Wordnik.com. [The Consumer Is Not Dead] Reference
When I slip her something to abate her trouble, her eyes surrender the knife. From Wordnik.com. [The Forgetting Room 1-6] Reference
Never that night do they abate their wailing or cease or make an end thereof. From Wordnik.com. [Cligés. English] Reference
Thunderstorm risks increase Saturday afternoon and abate toward midday Sunday. From Wordnik.com. [Forecast: Nicer today; rain tomorrow] Reference
"Sir, it is twenty sous they ask me for it; I cannot abate a single farthing.". From Wordnik.com. [Aucassin and Nicolette translated from the Old French] Reference
He thus attempted to abate a Catholic enthusiasm at which he was already offended. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
For even during peace they abate nothing in the grimness and horror of their countenance. From Wordnik.com. [Tacitus on Germany] Reference
Twelve years of triumph have not served to abate the hate of the victors in the great war. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
And now that Chinese teenagers have gotten hooked, demand is not likely to abate any time soon. From Wordnik.com. [TALKING TOUGH ON PIRACY] Reference
I have seen gentlemen sometimes so much the lawyer that they had to abate some of the statesman. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States] Reference
As information becomes more full and accurate, it does not abate one tittle of the awful havoc. From Wordnik.com. [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference
Those with severe symptoms are discouraged from continuing to ascend until their symptoms abate. From Wordnik.com. [Guidelines suggest ways to minimize the risk of high-altitude sickness] Reference
The gale did not abate; nothing but the boisterous sea and the overcast sky could I see about me. From Wordnik.com. [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference
In those, one can assume that when the Fed takes its foot off the brakes the recession will abate. From Wordnik.com. [Lawrence Summers: ‘A Long Way From The 1970s’] Reference
"It's now beginning to abate," she says — and she sees the museum as an agent for further change. From Wordnik.com. [Makeover For a Motor City Gem] Reference
The discomforts of poverty did not tend to sweeten his temper nor to abate his savage independence. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
To tell an angry man that he is angry, because he is disappointed, is not the way to abate his passion. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
The negative and sometimes passionate emotions exacerbated by the Iraqi crisis will sooner or later abate. From Wordnik.com. [Europe and America: Cold Peace?] Reference
The political turmoil surrounding the abortion issue will not abate until the intellectual chaos is diminished. From Wordnik.com. [Fetuses As Carolinians] Reference
The flap will likely abate shortly, and "The Corrections" will no doubt gather a great many awards in its arms. From Wordnik.com. [Books: Errors And 'Corrections'] Reference
But no one expects the Iraqi insurgency to miraculously vanish, or even significantly abate, in the weeks ahead. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Terrorist] Reference
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