- - Receded
- - Diminished, especially moon
- - Gradually faded
- - Went from full to gibbous
- - Didn't wax, say
- - Diminished got smaller
- - Tailed off
- - Gradually diminished
- - Ecstasy seen in something magical is diminished
- - Lost strength
- - Grew weaker
- - Pale little man declined
- - Grew dimmer
- - Didn't wax
- - Ebbed; declined
- - Wound down
- - Approached third quarter, say
- - Decreased gradually
- - Diminished over time
- - Declined in power
- - Drawn back
- - Opposite of waxed
- - Was on the ebb
- - Decreased in intensity
- - Became smaller
- - Got smaller
- - Grew faint
- - Lost popularity
- - Diminished over time, as the moon
- - Approached extinction
- - Decreased in strength
- - Passed the peak
- - Lost force
- - Approached an end
- - Neared an end
- - Approached the end.
- - Was on the downgrade.
- - Went down
- - Weakened
- - Ebbed
- - Grew dim
- - Faded
- - Backed off
- - Fell
- - Decreased
- - Fell off
- - Died down
- - Declined
- - Abated
- - Dwindled
- - Petered out
- - Flagged
- - Dropped off
- - Gradually declined
- - Lost power
- - Faded away
- - Subsided
- - Tapered off
- - Let up
- - Diminished
- - Lessened
- - Drew to a close
- - Withered
- - Dimmed.
- - Became weaker.
- - Slowly declined
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