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And, although momentum in northern Europe has died down, it seems to be gaining in other parts of the world.

Suddenly it all died down. It was as if he remembered, in the midst of his antics, that he had on a cutaway suit.

The head of PR for Business Week asked if I wanted to be put up in a hotel until the storm had died down.

When the hunt has died down we shall be able to leave our hiding place.

So the non-controversy of the CCTV-as-genitalia Chinese web meme seems to have died down, as these things generally do after three days.

The next moment, however, the burning in his belly died down and the world began to look more cheerful.

High winds which had been fanning huge wild fires to the north of the Greek capital Athens for the past three days have died down.

Whatever the gossip had been, it had died down, and the students now only thought of the contest ahead.

39He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Quiet! Be still! " Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.

At some time the shooting died down and I decided to walk along the captured trenches.

The furor died down, and I realized that none of it had any relevance to what I was doing.

Their initial burst of enthusiasm died down when they realized how much work the job involved.

But I can elaborate on it here, some twenty years later, now that all that parade hubbub has died down.

Now that the swine flu scare seems to have died down, does this mean we all overreacted?

Chou Yu and all the generals waited anxiously for the wind to change. The wind had died down, but it was still blowing from the northwest.

Immediately, the storm died down and the sea became calm once more. The sailors were amazed.

People familiar with the bank had suggested Citi would resume payments once the political furore over compensation had died down.

But many reports suggested that by mid-morning the fervour had died down in most places.

Lucidique went into the palace. The screams had died down now; to be replaced by half-whispered prayers.

All day the breeze held in the same point, and rather freshened than died down.

The shouting and acrimony have died down, and the mainstream physics community remains largely unconvinced that the theory can stay afloat.

The fuss seems to have died down.

The wind died down. My wind chimes finally became quiet.

After the fire died down, the shop was filled with a special aroma.

Since web apps have become a pretty regular part of online life, the frenzy has died down, and I think this is a good thing.

In the hearths the fires died down and the meat stopped cooking. The kitchen maid stopped plucking the chicken.

The feeling between them had died down.

The wind died down quite a lot.

Maybe you'll be able to resolve the issue a couple of weeks later, when the feelings have died down.

The wind died down noticeably.

As the winds and blinding snow died down, the man's soul became hushed and quiet while he pondered this wonderful thought.

Mutterings among some of the neighbors about wicked "capitalist roaders" soon died down.

The wind has died down obviously.

The wind died down at last and all was quiet.

The lake was very placid after the wind died down.

After the excitement of the audience died down, the speaker started his speech .

The conversation has died down when the Texan sees a herd of kangaroos hopping through the field. He asks the Aussie, "What are those? "

Instead it would likely happen in several months' time, when presumably the furor had died down.

When the excitement had died down the shopkeepers took down their shutters and reopened their shops.

The World Psychiatric Association requested access to the hospitals, but China refused, and the controversy died down.

Bridge over the villagers, ditch village of their village two groups of more than 60 house collapse, 24 all villagers died down.

The tiny fire in the stove gradually died down, and it was getting dark outside.

The speaker waited until the applause died down before continuing .

They're pretty convenient, still widely available, and still taste fairly good, but the fad itself has died down.

The sudden upsurge in violence last weekend in Abidjan, the commercial capital, has died down again.

Greenland Group, a unit of China Overseas Holdings Ltd. , said Monday that the protests have died down, but didn't provide other details.

Gradually the instant messaging craze in America died down a bit, and so did my own enthusiasm for it.

When the noise died down, the giant's wife opened the cupboard and gave Jack some breakfast.

When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the Lord and the fire died down.

When the cheering had died down, the Prime Minister began his speech.

After the excitement of opening the gifts ended, the party died down.

But once the cheering and the chanting had died down, serious questions remained.

She waited until the applause died down, then spoke again.

the fires died down and the meat stopped cooking.

Items like fridges and radios could only be bought once and demand soon died down.

Fighting died down over the weekend.

The big fuss over Real Madrid playing in Beijing died down after the game.

His anger has died down a bit.

We were lucky that the blizzard died down enough so that we could ski.

We can leave now. The wind has died down.

It was several minutes before the applause died down.

sighing , ah , fordone their mirth died down.

The grumbles died down. Then the stories began.

Cultural diplomacy died down after the cold war ended.

With nothing left to burn, the fired died down finally.

The burning in his belly died down.

When the applause had died down, she began her speech.

As soon as the thunder of war games died down, China's president went to Astana, Kazakhstan's new capital, and did some business.

Last night the storm slowly died down.

The hurricane became a less serious tropical storm when its winds died down.

In practice, the hysteria died down, even as the benefits of offshoring were being questioned more and more.

They waited till the storm died down.

By midnight the revolt had died down.

eg. The fire died down.

The flames finally died down.

When the first frost came, most flowers died down.

The fighting has died down.

The dahlias died down when we had the first cold spell.

The plants died down when we had the first cold spell.

Summer was gone and the heat died down