How to Use recede in a Sentence

recede

verb
  • Just wait it out and cross when the water recedes.
    — Eva Frederick, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The thick hair that covers their skin recedes and thins.
    — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
  • My hair has receded and gone gray.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Then, on the third day, the flood receded.
    — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Then that quickly recedes because that is such a safe place for us.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 20 Dec. 2025
  • My second tool is to get out of my own head so that the feeling recedes.
    — Liana Finck, New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2025
  • If the price spike recedes quickly, the impact will not be felt as much.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The winds are gone, the water has receded, but the scars will last.
    — David Culver, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Black loungers on dark stone floors recede into the shadows.
    — Leandra Beabout, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The fog rolls in, the crowds recede, and the calli feel wider and quieter.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Of course, should prices recede quickly, the impact will be less felt.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2026
  • When the water recedes, the pillars and stone forests emerge.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2023
  • This is not a one–time surge that will simply recede when things calm down in Iran.
    — Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Those moments recede in the final episode.
    — Grace Byron, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Some of it might have to do with an A-list that refuses to recede.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Now that the war is here, the space for pragmatism has receded.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • That wave receded not too long after the flood waters did.
    — Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Time became a blur, and the world outside the apartment seemed to recede.
    — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • There is no predicting what will hang around in our heads, as a year of moviegoing recedes.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The stars receded, and sunrise, with its hints of pink and blue, began to break.
    — Latria Graham, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The dark hue recedes, letting your eyes focus on the scenery outside.
    — Gary Thompson, Midwest Living, 5 June 2026
  • Good habits on offense receded, and the Knicks found their rhythm.
    — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • The paranoia didn’t vanish, nor did the voices, yet both seemed to recede.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Since then, in the past three or four years, his life receded, his family said.
    — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The post-pandemic crime wave has receded, and then some.
    — Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
  • These include loss of height, back pain, receding gums, and weak or brittle nails.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Why do these shootings persist, even as overall crime recedes?
    — John J. Donohue, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The color helps the structure recede into the trees.
    — Kelly Ryan Kegans, Midwest Living, 22 May 2026
  • The Mendenhall has now largely receded from the lake that bears its name.
    — Becky Bohrer, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
  • When the water receded, fish and a sea turtle were found in the building.
    — CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025

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