Verb (used without object), : The laughter subsided. ,to cause coffee grounds to subside.    From Dictionary.com. 

The calls subsided around 9pm (AEDT), he said on Friday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

The rain subsided for awhile and we arrived at the campground in Ohio around 1: 00 p.m.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saturated Cleveland] Reference

When the pain subsided I went out to buy a new ironing board - £20, thank you very much.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-03-01] Reference

After the pain subsided, those that survived reported a feeling of euphoria and well being.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vilkus Plug « Skid Roche] Reference

He tried to rally the Volunteers when the rain subsided in the second half, completing a 15-yard.    From Wordnik.com.  [NCAA Division I College Football - Florida vs. Tennessee] Reference

The Danes never got back into the match as the rain subsided and England kept up its crisp, no-pressure passing.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Rout propels English to final eight] Reference

I hurt for days, but I found each time I went south the pain subsided.    From Wordnik.com.  [365 tomorrows » 2008 » October : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference

Once the present emergency has subsided, that is what governments will try to do.    From Wordnik.com.  [Small World] Reference

GORANI: Now that the world has seen her, has the initial ethical dilemma subsided?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2006] Reference

Crowds at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai have subsided, which is good news for travelers planning a visit during its six-month run.    From Wordnik.com.  [ajc.com - News] Reference

After the rain subsided, the judging resumed.    From Wordnik.com.  [NJ Dining: The 2009 Feedbag Burger Summit] Reference

So and that kind of subsided and it kind of went underground, at least as far as the application to humans goes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology] Reference

And then when the shots kind of subsided, I saw some officers run up and check on that marshal that was apparently hit.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2010] Reference

Clear sign that either they will be asking students to go, or getting the students to buy the tickets at a further "subsided" rate and go.    From Wordnik.com.  [www.hardwarezone.com.sg] Reference

Tensions on the Korean peninsula have subsided a lot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&Amp;A: South Korea, Soccer, And Politics] Reference

Even after the riots subsided, Modi's rhetoric did not cool.    From Wordnik.com.  [Modi's Moment] Reference

Shelling subsided after a U. N.-brokered cease-fire on March 3.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Is The Now World Order?] Reference

The problem eventually subsided after P&G redesigned the symbol.    From Wordnik.com.  [Do Boycotts Work?] Reference

Then it subsided, and then Afghanistan was back in the conversation.    From Wordnik.com.  [When We Look At Disaster ...] Reference

Luckily, after a day or so the pain subsided with no permanent damage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don’t rinse your contact lenses with Clear Care, because you’ll burn your cornea] Reference

The pain has subsided to make way for a new one: I want to have my baby!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Red Smells Like...] Reference

But in the 1780s he subsided into a long public reticence on the subject.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jefferson Enigma] Reference

In recent years major drug traffic on the river appears to have subsided.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rolling On The Miami River] Reference

But the sneering subsided as the ranks of the dissidents gradually swelled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Division In The Ranks] Reference

The only time the symptoms subsided was when they were away from the house.    From Wordnik.com.  [Problems with Chinese-made drywall include health issues] Reference

Companies began emphasizing discounts in the 1980s, because inflation subsided.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is Inflation Really Dead?] Reference

Later, as the storm began to wane, the water level in the canal subsided as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gustav’s Wallop] Reference

There were, to be sure, some notable achievements: inflation subsided, for one thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fat And Happy '80S] Reference

As filming progressed, the furor subsided: Argentina finally got bored with the movie.    From Wordnik.com.  [Madonna Tangos With Evita] Reference

The Great Paris Flood of 1910 began a century ago this week, but it never quite subsided.    From Wordnik.com.  [After, and Before, the Flood] Reference

The worst fighting has subsided, but atrocities such as those on Kesui are still taking place.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terror Islands] Reference

This subsided, and on the third time that the volley of shootings occurred, my father shot back.    From Wordnik.com.  [Voices Of Brown] Reference

As inflation subsided, the Fed lowered short-term rates; consumers and businesses paid off debt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Maestro Of The Business Cycle?] Reference

The following weekend, floods subsided, towns and cities large and small hold their own entradas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nathaniel Loewentheil: Deviled Dancers, Drunken Pilgrimages and the Magic of Bolivia's Carnaval] Reference

Once winds subsided Monday evening, they began to dispatch first responders to search for people in distress.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gustav’s Wallop] Reference

When the applause finally subsided, Kerry launched into a long and rambling speech, one of his most soporific in weeks.    From Wordnik.com.  [DOWN TO THE WIRE] Reference

Fuzeon has kept his viral load low for more than a year, and the side effects he had been experiencing, such as vomiting, have subsided.    From Wordnik.com.  [KEEPING HIV AT BAY] Reference