How to Use abate in a Sentence

abate

verb
Definition of abatenext
Synonyms for abatenext
  • We waited for the wind to abate.
  • The chatter about Gita’s visit to a fetish priest did not abate after the wedding.
    — Imbolo Mbue, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2021
  • That raises an important question: what is the cheapest way to abate carbon?
    — The Economist, 22 Feb. 2021
  • But my fondness for flour will never abate, albeit for different reasons.
    — Lucas Kwan Peterson Food Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Such massive confusion resulted in public distrust that took years to abate.
    — Nicholas Dirks, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2021
  • And tensions with China already have resulted in export controls affecting chip gear that might not abate soon.
    — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2021
  • What technologies can neutralize the 40% to 50% of emissions that are hard to abate, and do so at acceptable cost?
    — Wal Van Lierop, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Service workers, devastated by the idling of entire industries amid lockdowns and other restrictions, just want the pain to abate.
    — New York Times, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Rarely, the phantom does not abate; Leopold occasionally sees patients who have had olfactory phantoms for decades.
    — Kate Baggaley, Popular Science, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Israel’s war on both fronts has shown no signs of abating despite the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on Thursday after a year-long pursuit.
    — Abeer Salman, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Tomorrow night: Winds finally abate but that allows temperatures to drop below freezing once again in nearly all locations.
    — Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Efficiency opportunities are available to squeeze out carbon even in hard to abate sectors such as aviation, shipping and industry.
    — Dimitri Zenghelis, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • And the pace of science has not been sufficient to abate the crisis, notwithstanding the accelerated pace of discovery since the pandemic began.
    — John Drake, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
  • There are some signs that the chip shortage will abate by the end of the summer.
    — Annie White, Car and Driver, 4 June 2021
  • As night fell, the crowd’s anger showed no signs of abating.
    — Justin Rohrlich, Quartz, 1 Jan. 2020
  • The protests and anger across France seem unlikely to abate in the weeks ahead.
    — Roger Cohen, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2023
  • There are no signs that trend will abate any time soon.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Tonight: Mainly clear skies and calm winds allow the heat to abate.
    — David Streit, Washington Post, 19 May 2022
  • The good news, experts say, is that the chip shortage should abate sometime in the next six to 18 months.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2022
  • Plague would spread, then abate, only to flare up again.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Well, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021
  • In wealthy Europe, though, the church’s woes show few signs of abating.
    — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 27 May 2018
  • But the primary war with the Houthis shows no signs of abating.
    — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
  • And this means the war in Afghanistan is unlikely to abate anytime soon.
    — Asfandyar Mir, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Shouldn’t be as ugly as some, but the pain won’t abate anytime soon.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2021
  • With the matcha movement showing no signs of abating, here are five of the best brands to try.
    — Irenie Forshaw, The Week Uk, theweek, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Meanwhile the pace and pressure of my life showed no signs of abating.
    — Adriana Velez, Bon Appetit, 27 Mar. 2018
  • And those forces, in turn, help to drive or abate global warming.
    — Lauren Williams, Orange County Register, 29 Mar. 2017
  • Two years on and the conflict in Yemen shows little signs of abating.
    — Euan McKirdy, CNN, 31 May 2017
  • After the smoke abated, the TV footage showed a large hole left behind.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
  • And the rate of attrition among bundled subs is showing no sign of abating, as cable/satellite/telco-TV operators lost 12% of their video customers in the first quarter of this year.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 Aug. 2024

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