How to Use ebb in a Sentence

ebb

1 of 2 noun
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  • Morale seems to have reached its lowest ebb.
  • VanDam hopes the craze fades, the crowds ebb and the rat hole can stay.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The genre was sort of at a low ebb in the seventies and eighties.
    — Adam Nayman, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Still, the ebb, lately, had become acute, and hard to account for.
    — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The adversities and challenges, the ebb and flow, change from year to year.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 27 July 2021
  • But turns out, its downfall had a lot more behind it than just the ebb and flow of trends.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The moon's tilt changes over an 18.6-year cycle, and that motion affects the ebb and flow of Earth's tides.
    — NBC News, 16 July 2021
  • The school year that's now upon us would be the third school year in a row driven by the ebb and flow of the coronavirus.
    — David M. Perry, CNN, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The best companies and leaders don’t see the ebb of the last disruption as a respite.
    — Jonathan Brill, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Stock markets are at their lowest ebb since the dark days of the pandemic.
    — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 11 May 2022
  • While the availability of homes for sale often ebbs and flows, last year seemed to be all ebb.
    — Anna Bahney, CNN, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Even an atlas isn’t sufficient to map the chaotic ebb and flow of this war.
    — Adam Hochschild, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2022
  • At a low ebb for years, pro football in the capital just got lower.
    — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 9 Feb. 2022
  • But standing in the Nordmarka, as the echoes of the chanting ebb, the message in the bottle feels largely beside the point.
    — Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 14 Oct. 2022
  • These are still uncertain times, however, caught in the ebb and flow of post-Covid-19 life.
    — Jeff Brazier, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Biden's polling ebb could not come at a worse time for his presidency.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Nick’s Lagoon — a pond-shaped salt marsh the size of a football field that spills in and out of Hood Canal with the ebb of the tides — is far from pristine wilderness.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The constant retreat has influenced Earth beyond the ebb and flow of its tides.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Alone fans are accustomed to the typical ebb and flow of a season.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 26 May 2022
  • The unemployment rates in the US are now at their lowest ebb in 53 years, hitting 3.4%.
    — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Smith & Wesson has a long history in dealing with the ebb and flow of demand.
    — Aaron Smith, Forbes, 17 June 2021
  • That has been the way of this war, nearly a week and a half in, a violent ebb and flow that has centered on a few key cities like Kyiv and Kharkiv.
    — New York Times, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Our emotions often get swept up in the recurring ebb and flow.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes, 24 June 2022
  • The numbers reflect a tendency for activity to peak in the springtime and ebb by the end of the summer.
    — Hallie Miller, baltimoresun.com, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Keeping the fire going in relationships through the ebb and flow of life can feel daunting at times.
    — Janece Maze, Country Living, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Our weeks will be filled with an ebb and flow of progress and setbacks, hope and disappointment, darkness and light.
    — Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The war in Ukraine found European military resources at a low ebb after three decades of cutbacks since the end of the Cold War.
    — Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2022
  • The idea seems to be to first have the actors memorize the rhythm of the script, reducing it to an instinctive ebb and flow of sound rather than meaning.
    — Nina Li Coomes, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2022
  • Since these sorts of goods last for a while, surges in spending on them are almost always followed by a spending ebb.
    — Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Even as inflation ebbs, food seems to be the final frontier that consumers must traverse as weekly trips to the grocery store weigh more on peoples’ wallets.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
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ebb

2 of 2 verb
  • The skin will turn white or blue and then red when the attack ebbs.
    — Barbara Mantel, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023
  • And then, as soon as the red tide had ebbed, the All Clear was sounded.
    — Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 26 Jan. 2024
  • He's been in his role for more than two decades, so he's seen the trends ebb and flow.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 23 July 2022
  • Even then, this will likely ebb and flow throughout the year, and that’s okay.
    — Kirsten Nunez, SELF, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Styles are supposed to ebb and flow, yet Ivy doesn’t go away.
    — Laura Jane Standley, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Black Friday has crept into a full month of sales that ebb and flow.
    — Louryn Strampe, Wired, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The freight boom that had drawn him into trucking was starting to ebb.
    — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 31 July 2023
  • But that spike has now ebbed to 4% in data out Tuesday.
    — Gregory Korte, Fortune, 18 June 2023
  • Their makeup ebbs away in the flow of the water, and strands of hair — natural or from their wigs — sticks to their cheeks.
    — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 July 2023
  • When Delta began to ebb, the desire to come back into the salon revved right back up.
    — Washington Post, 5 May 2022
  • Tensions will likely ebb and flow with the severity and length of drought.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2022
  • There are certain genres that never seem to ebb and flow.
    — Steve Clarke, Variety, 2 Apr. 2022
  • As the global supply of transformers has ebbed, prices have risen many times over.
    — Louis Gritzo, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Moreover, engagement may ebb and flow at certain times of the year.
    — Yec, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The initial gathering of dozens appears to have ebbed to a handful.
    — Rebecca Boone, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2023
  • The larger problem for Mounk’s narrative is that many of the ideas that swept onto the scene in 2020 have ebbed just as quickly in the months and years since.
    — Samuel Clowes Huneke, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2023
  • When the sun rose and the wind began to ebb, Saribay got on an old bike and rode around town looking for other survivors.
    — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Support for a ban on AK-47s, AR-15s and similar weapons has been ebbing slightly.
    — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 11 May 2023
  • No, the market will continue to ebb and flow based on current events, which are out of our control.
    — Jeff Rose, Forbes, 26 May 2022
  • While the virus may ebb and flow, the need for digital workspaces to coordinate teams of all sizes grows in demand.
    — Frederick Daso, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • But the intensity of anger over the pension reform has ebbed since the last big protests on May 1, and since the measure became law in April.
    — Oleg Cetinic, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2023
  • Border arrests ebb and flow regardless of who is in the Oval Office.
    — Priscilla Alvarez, CNN, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Any team is an elbow injury away from winning ebbing away.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2023
  • As memories of the months of protest and the pledges of reform after Floyd’s death start to fade, there are already signs that his legacy is ebbing, too.
    — Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
  • There's reason to believe that once this wave starts to ebb that cases will continue to drop.
    — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 7 Jan. 2022
  • As case rates began to fall, her stress finally started to ebb.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The box office may continue to ebb and flow between weeks, but for the first time in nearly two years, there’s a steady stream of buzzy films on the schedule.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Eventually, the sound, the pulsing lights and the vibrations began to ebb.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
  • But domestic support for the invasion seems to be ebbing.
    — Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 3 Jan. 2024
  • In another sign that recession fears are ebbing, just 27% of the CEOs expect economic conditions to worsen over the next six months.
    — Krystal Hur, CNN, 11 Feb. 2024

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