How to Use abate in a Sentence

abate

verb

• 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

Last Updated: 24 Nov 2024