| Their best spell, at the end of the first half, ebbed away without a chance. |
| But the surprise in his eyes soon faded to sadness, and the sadness ebbed away to emptiness. |
| To extend mercy to Gollum is to recognize that his potential for evil had ebbed, and that a rough justice had already been visited upon him. |
| My confidence in my exam technique ebbed rapidly away when I did my Prelims. |
| By the time dawn broke over the notorious stretch of the Lancashire coast any chance of survival had ebbed away for those still out at sea. |
| Over the next 28 days that hope gradually ebbed away, until their worst fears were confirmed. |
