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Definition of Fading away
1. Noun. Gradually diminishing in brightness or loudness or strength.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fading Away
Literary usage of Fading away
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1887)
"fading away OF THE TWILIGHT. I. — THE LOWER CHAMBER. ON the following day, at
nightfall, Jean Valjean knocked at the carriage gate of the Gillenormand house ..."
2. Outing (1892)
"... head with a loud snort, stood for an instant like a gently fading away before
the glories of statue, the incarnation of life, pride and the dawning day. ..."
3. The American Indian (Uh-nish-in-na-ba) by Elijah Middlebrook Haines (1888)
"... Trumbull and Others— Later Developments—The Race Fast fading away—The Indian
Mentally— The Indian and His Country—Occupation of Same by the Whites—What ..."
4. Funeral Sermons and Outline Addresses: An Aid for Pastors by William Ezra Ketcham (1899)
"... is over—They are now " forever with the Lord "—" they shall reign forever and
ever." fading away. BY DAVID THOMAS, DD We all do fade as a leaf,—ISAIAH ..."
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