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waning
1. of the waning moon
2. ‘Lintze, you can see how the land is waning
3. The afternoon would finish waning soon, and the fading sun would at last be overcome by the bleakness
4. He sneered in spite of his waning vestige of confidence
5. In the final analysis, the crisis ultimately lies in a waning of spiritual attitudes that correctly underscore the meaning of Existence
6. More troubling, perhaps, is the negative impact this incident will have on the war effort at a time when public support appears to be waning
7. Conservative influence within the Republican Party, despite liberal protestations, is clearly waning
8. Greenburg‘s column, as I recall, underscored the Penn State-Indiana game that saw the Nitany Lions surrender two fourth quarter touchdowns in the waning moments of a game whose outcome was never
9. Gambelli had a small crate of German parabellum 9-millimeter ammunition that had been captured sometime in the waning days of the war, and each of the Americans had brought at least one German pistol
10. Even in the waning light, Hermann had little difficulty locating the house for which he was looking
11. Bruce surveyed the camp quickly and doused the waning fire
12. remained under the waning shade of the water tower, wandering
13. Her strength was quickly waning and an icy wind cut into her face, but she
14. 78 (The Sun and Moon: the Waxing and Waning of the Moon)
15. In the circumference of the sun there are seven portions of light which are added to it more than to the moon, and in definite measures it is transferred till the seventh portion of the sun is exhausted; And they set and enter the portals of the west, and make their revolution by the north, and come out through the eastern portals on the face of the Heaven; And when the moon rises one-fourteenth part appears in the Heaven: the light becomes full in her: on the fourteenth day she accomplishes her light; And fifteen parts of light are transferred to her till the fifteenth day when her light is accomplished, according to the sign of the year, and she becomes fifteen parts, and the moon grows by the addition of fourteenth parts; And in her waning the moon decreases on the first day to fourteen parts of her light, on the second to thirteen parts of light, on the third to twelve, on the fourth to eleven, on the fifth to ten, on the sixth to nine, on the seventh to eight, on the eighth to seven, on the ninth to six, on the tenth to five, on the eleventh to four, on the twelfth to three, on the thirteenth to two, on the fourteenth to the half of a seventh, and all her remaining light disappears wholly on the fifteenth; And in certain months the month has twenty-nine days and once twenty-eight; And Uriel showed me another law: when light is transferred to the moon, and on which side it is transferred to her by the sun
16. On the edges from where the light of the moon comes out, there again she wanes till all the light vanishes and all the days of the month are at an end, and her circumference is empty, void of light; And three months she makes of thirty days, and at her time she makes three months of twenty-nine days each, in which she accomplishes her waning in the first period of time, and in the first portal for one hundred and seventy-seven days; And in the time of her going out she appears for three months of thirty days each, and for three months she appears of twenty-nine each
17. And now, my son, I have shown you everything, and the law of all the stars of the Heaven is completed; And he showed me all the laws of these for every day, and for every season of bearing rule, and for every year, and for its going procession, and for the order prescribed to it every month and every week, and the waning of the moon which takes place in the sixth portal, for in this sixth portal her light is accomplished, and after that there is the beginning of the waning; And the waning which takes place in the first portal in its season, till one hundred and seventy-seven days are accomplished, reckoned according to weeks, twenty-five weeks and two days
18. happy to know that a little more than a decade after Matt, (on the waning cusp of
19. Oblivion of you will not prevail, for without waning over me you reign
20. During the waning
21. this phenomenon of waning results as American students move
22. In the circumference of the sun there are seven portions of light which are added to it more than to the moon and in definite measures it is transferred till the seventh portion of the sun is exhausted; And they set and enter the portals of the west and make their revolution by the north and come out through the eastern portals on the face of the Heaven; And when the moon rises one-fourteenth part appears in the Heaven: the light becomes full in her: on the fourteenth day she accomplishes her light; And fifteen parts of light are transferred to her till the fifteenth day when her light is accomplished according to the sign of the year and she becomes fifteen parts and the moon grows by the addition of fourteenth parts; And in her waning the moon decreases on the first day to fourteen parts of her light on the second to thirteen parts of light on the third to twelve on the fourth to eleven on the fifth to ten on the sixth to nine on the seventh to eight on the eighth to seven on the ninth to six on the tenth to five on the eleventh to four on the twelfth to three on the thirteenth to two on the fourteenth to the half of a seventh and all her remaining light disappears wholly on the fifteenth; And in certain months the month has twenty-nine days and once twenty-eight; And Uriel showed me another law: when light is transferred to the moon and on which side it is transferred to her by the sun
23. On the edges from where the light of the moon comes out there again she wanes till all the light vanishes and all the days of the month are at an end and her circumference is empty void of light; And three months she makes of thirty days and at her time she makes three months of twenty-nine days each in which she accomplishes her waning in the first period of time and in the first portal for one hundred and seventy-seven days; And in the time of her going out she appears for three months of thirty days each and for three months she appears of twenty-nine each
24. And now my son I have shown you everything and the law of all the stars of the Heaven is completed; And he showed me all the laws of these for every day and for every season of bearing rule and for every year and for its going procession and for the order prescribed to it every month and every week and the waning of the moon which takes place in the sixth portal for in this sixth portal her light is accomplished and after that there is the beginning of the waning; And the waning which takes place in the first portal in its season till one hundred and seventy-seven days are accomplished reckoned according to weeks twenty-five weeks and two days
25. So making up is mind Morgan went to search out the others, stopping for a moment he stepped out of the shadows and into the waning light of the sun
26. Then, one morning as that first moon-cycle was waning, Ralph had risen early, taken the emeralds he kept close to his bed and left his chamber, his intent clear
27. In the waning light, I noticed she wore the wrinkles of many years
28. I saw tears in his, reflected in the waning light
29. our drinks and watched the shadows spread across the land with the waning sunshine
30. And sparks, barely visible in the waning daylight, begin to ignite the pile of dry material
31. His usefulness to the cause was quickly waning and he was becoming a liability
32. reminders of her age and waning strength, it was only a short time before this
33. Initially, they start off full of self-motivation, then, as time goes by, a waxing and waning of de-motivation sets in
34. You have some good financial days when the Moon is waning too, but they won’t be as good as the good financial days when the Moon is waxing
35. Section 8 - The Waxing & Waning of Motivation
36. They fully embrace periods of waxing and waning, resting and balance, and they accept the flux of the universe
37. It takes time, though once aware of the waxing and waning, then like a storm cloud
38. And with a panting cry that was half curse, half gasp of straining agony, he lunged toward it, thrusting with all his waning power
39. The waning beams glinted on the thick golden chain which Dion of Attalus twisted continually in his pudgy hand as he sat in the flaming riot of blossoms and flowering trees which was his garden
40. 'It is the waning of the Year of the Lion, three thousand years after the fall of Acheron
41. 2 The cheerful attitude of Jesus was waning
42. His strength was waning and his flesh melting like ice in a spring thaw
43. Tunka-tunka-tunka, this tiny sound seemed lost among the giant trees and yet grew louder; closer, waxing, waning, here, there… tunka-tunka-tunka-tunka
44. As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted
45. waning moon, but lots of unseen areas due to the trees and other
46. “Now and then at midnight when the moon is waning low
47. pristine color starts waning with the course of time
48. Democracy? the Waning Washington Press Corps and How It
49. Helen Thomas – Watchdogs of Democracy: the Waning Washington Press Corps and How it Has Failed the Public (2006: Scribner – New York)
50. Al-Husseini had tried to block the building of this Jewish shrine on what was Muslim sacred ground, using all of his quickly waning influence to convince others to act against the Overseer, but to no avail