How to Use abate in a Sentence

abate

verb
  • We waited for the wind to abate.
  • As for when those changes will start to abate?
    — Caroline Tien, SELF, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The bells chime in the wind, then fade when the wind abates.
    — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Again, though, the pressure did not abate.
    — Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • But that did not abate their craving to travel more.
    — Kaela Ling, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Armour hooks my arm, and the panic abates.
    — Adam Erace, Fortune, 24 May 2026
  • But three weeks in, the conflict shows no sign of abating.
    — Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The mixed messages came as the war has shown no signs of abating.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The war, meanwhile, has shown no signs of abating.
    — ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • And those forces, in turn, help to drive or abate global warming.
    — Lauren Williams, Orange County Register, 29 Mar. 2017
  • Shouldn’t be as ugly as some, but the pain won’t abate anytime soon.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2021
  • There’s a joy that comes with seeing that stuff that hasn’t abated at all.
    — Daniel D’addario, Time, 11 July 2017
  • There are some signs that the chip shortage will abate by the end of the summer.
    — Annie White, Car and Driver, 4 June 2021
  • Yet the war that has blocked those grain shipments for almost five months did not abate.
    — Susie Blann, ajc, 22 July 2022
  • Luckily, there are a few ways to abate the issue of weeds.
    — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 11 May 2026
  • Meanwhile the pace and pressure of my life showed no signs of abating.
    — Adriana Velez, Bon Appetit, 27 Mar. 2018
  • And the civil war shows little sign of abating.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Interest in the sausages shows no sign of abating.
    — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • When will the flood of serial killer dramas abate?
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Jim Cramer said that when war worries abate, stocks can trade on earnings.
    — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
  • No end in sight Three weeks in, the conflict shows no sign of abating.
    — John Liu, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The protests and anger across France seem unlikely to abate in the weeks ahead.
    — Roger Cohen, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2023
  • As the backlog of permits is worked through, these challenges should abate.
    — David Trainer, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
  • In wealthy Europe, though, the church’s woes show few signs of abating.
    — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 27 May 2018
  • For some, the Park’s branches are arms stretched up and out, abating hate.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
  • 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 conflict shows no signs of abating.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 12 June 2026
  • The war entered its ninth day on Monday with no sign of abating.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 9 Mar. 2026
  • But the primary war with the Houthis shows no signs of abating.
    — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Back in Kolkata, the noise has started to abate on the Maidan.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025

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