“She gets her children together and out of the house, and only when they reach their car does the noise subside.”

“Needless to say, no repairs can be carried out until the floods subside.”

“The problem of tunnel collapse will cause the land above the tunnel to subside, especially when the excavation is carried out at shallow depth and in weak and soft soils.”

“Residents of St John's Trace said it may take days before the water subsides.”

“I rub her back, rock back and forth, murmur soothing nothings against her hair until the cramp subsides.”

“As we crest a hill, the rain subsides momentarily and we see a steel plate lying amid the bluebells in a little clearing overlooking a valley.”

“This last astonished me much, for I recollected that at home the sea used to fall in huge billows on the shore long after a storm had subsided.”

“I still feel lousy, but at least my head's stopped banging and the all-over body aching and shivers have subsided a bit.”

“Fortunately for now, most of that flood water has subsided from that point.”