How to Use taper off in a Sentence

taper off

verb

• And while sales have tapered off in the last 50 years, the brand hasn't gone anywhere.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2023
• The wet snow will turn to lighter, fluffier snow overnight as the storm tapers off.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
• The pace of ground assaults has tapered off, Bochka said.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
• Most types of tulips flower best the first year, then taper off.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 9 Jan. 2023
• The finish tapers off with caramel, maple, and a hint of honey.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 27 Dec. 2023
• The rain should taper off by mid to late afternoon with highs in the 70s and low 80s.
  — Dallas News, 20 May 2021
• Where does the student taper off and the teacher take over?
  — Jhumpa Lahiri, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2021
• Snow will start to taper off across the upper Midwest and Great Lakes.
  — Janice Dean, Fox News, 7 Apr. 2022
• Clouds were forecast to roll in overnight and help the chilly weather taper off.
  — Matt Bruce, ajc, 8 Jan. 2022
• Shower chances taper off Wednesday night as lows drop to the mid 50s.
  — Mike Rose, cleveland, 16 May 2022
• The heavy rain was forecast to taper off late Wednesday night.
  — CBS News, 10 July 2024
• Showers and storms should taper off late Thursday night with lows from 70 to 75.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
• Showers should taper off overnight with lows in the upper 60s to lower 70s.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
• Light snow gradually tapers off from west to east late in the day.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
• The bond purchase program will likely be one of the first programs to taper off in the coming months.
  — Q.ai - Investing Reimagined, Forbes, 16 June 2021
• Tonight: Showers/storms taper off by late evening, clouds linger.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
• As the rain and winds tapered off in the city and its suburbs, the storm continued to affect most of the Northeast and New England.
  — Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2024
• But after a couple of weeks, the errands started to taper off.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Aug. 2023
• To ensure that the power out of the motors doesn't taper off, Porsche bathes the motor windings in oil to keep things cool.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 6 Dec. 2021
• Anywhere from a coating to a few inches could fall across the area through midafternoon, when the snow should taper off.
  — Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2022
• Highs: 83-87 Tonight: Showers/storms taper off in evening, breezy.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
• More rain is possible on Wednesday and Thursday, but the chances will taper off toward the end of the week.
  — Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2024
• The snow was expected to taper off Monday afternoon and end in the evening, Jones said.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Feb. 2023
• In the Northeast, snow and ice were forecast to taper off Friday, the weather service said.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 24 Feb. 2023
• Rain that fell overnight in the metro area has tapered off leaving a few hundredths of an inch in most locations.
  — oregonlive, 30 Aug. 2023
• Those sources were tapering off from their peaks in Garcetti’s final years.
  — Sandhya Kambhampati, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• These winds are expected to peak on Friday and then taper off through the weekend.
  — Nicholas Merianos, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2024
• The snow is slated to taper off by nightfall, but the cold weather will persist through the weekend.
  — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2024
• For tea drinkers, cardiometabolic risk decreased the most for those who drank up to three cups daily, but the benefits tapered off after that.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2024
• Russia’s turn-of-the-century prosperity had tapered off with the 2008 financial crisis and falling oil revenue.
  — Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024