FADE in a Sentence

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For FADE, below is one of 230 sentences:
Suddenly everything around him seemed to fade, and a vision rose before him of one crowned with thorns, buffeted and bleeding.

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 Meanings and Examples of FADE
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fade
 v.  disappear; die out; lose color; lose freshness
Classic Sentence: (196 in 14 pages)
1  And when the pleasant familiar warmth stole through her veins, her troubles began to fade.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
2  And, for the first time, some of the bright glow which had enveloped him since the first day she fell in love with him began to fade imperceptibly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LV
3  I thought Ashley would fade out of your mind.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXIII
4  In a moment I watched her fade down the dusky stairway.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: II
5  Suddenly everything around him seemed to fade, and a vision rose before him of one crowned with thorns, buffeted and bleeding.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
6  He would fade into something impalpable under her eyes and then in a moment he would be transfigured.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
7  Stephen's heart began slowly to fold and fade with fear like a withering flower.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
8  They simply seemed to fade into the rays of the moonlight and pass out through the window, for I could see outside the dim, shadowy forms for a moment before they entirely faded away.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
9  Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE DEAD
10  Not one blossom of his loveliness would ever fade.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
11  The light of that conflagration will fade away; my ashes will be swept into the sea by the winds.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
12  Human sympathy has its limits and we were content to let all their tragic arguments fade with the city lights behind.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
13  And now, as I close my task, subduing my desire to linger yet, these faces fade away.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 64. A LAST RETROSPECT
14  Sitting in the shell of the room she watched the pageant fade.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 13
15  I could not bear to see the smile fade even for a moment from his face.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
16  She looked a strong candidate, but then faded out of the picture.
17  There were huge cracks in the plaster, and the green shutters were faded.
18  As night came,the house faded into darkness.
19  Some people, strong memories, faded relationships.
20  The sun has faded the curtains so the colours are rather patchy.
21  Memories of my sister faded away after many years.
22  Near the end of the song he faded out the music.
23  Romanov waved his hand as he continued to stare at the pre-war, faded photograph of the two men.
24  One might say that eastern Congo is already in anarchy, but Congo has faded from the headlines in recent months.
25  In the fading light we saw bats flitting around/about in the garden.
26  Through the total fading away and extinction of craving, decay and death, sorrow, lamentation, suffering, grief, and despair are extinguished.
27  Hopes of settling the conflict peacefully are fading.
28  A cloud like a fluffy white crocodile basked at the bottom of the vast open fan of fading turquoise sky.
29  Hopes of a peace settlement were fading fast.
30  Hopes of a peace settlement are now fading.