How to Use abate in a Sentence

abate

verb
  • We waited for the wind to abate.
  • Debates about the economic cost of lockdown and whether the lives saved are worth the price show no signs of abating.
    Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 28 Apr. 2020
  • After midnight, the storm began to abate and the final children were reunited with their parents.
    Susan Glaser, cleveland, 3 May 2020
  • With some provinces closing their borders to migrant labor entirely, the labor shortage shows no sign of abating.
    Shelly Hagan, BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2020
  • As states continue to lift their stay-at-home orders and reopen their economies, the unemployment numbers are expected to abate.
    NBC News, 30 Apr. 2020
  • The larger conclusion from this latest volley of attacks is that the exploits besieging Intel aren’t likely to abate any time soon.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 9 June 2020
  • For this reason, Hefer said Trivago has worked to readjust its expectations for what demand for travel will look like as the crisis begins to abate.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 14 Apr. 2020
  • The police would still abate the camps after issuing adequate notice but the National Guard could assist with cleanup, Burke said.
    Paula Dobbyn, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Apr. 2020
  • 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
  • The surge has been expensive, and shows no signs of abating.
    Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2023
  • There’s a joy that comes with seeing that stuff that hasn’t abated at all.
    Daniel D’addario, Time, 11 July 2017
  • And the risk of spreading the virus days after symptoms have abated is low.
    Ashish K. Jha, STAT, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Yet the war that has blocked those grain shipments for almost five months did not abate.
    Susie Blann, ajc, 22 July 2022
  • His plans to increase production and ongoing strikes mean the conflict – which has already passed 1,000 days – shows no signs of abating.
    Fox News, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Some of my symptoms had abated and my energy had partly returned.
    Esmé Weijun Wang, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2024

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