Subsiding

"Subsiding" - descending - "air over the United States is associated with the heat wave.

Wired Top Stories Brandon Keim 2011

Subsiding into the chair before it, she watched as he picked up the sealed packet, glanced at the direction, then, dropping into the deep chair behind the desk, reached for the letter knife.

A Lady of His Own Laurens, Stephanie 2004

Subsiding adrenaline had kept him alert on the road.

Lost And Found Foster, Alan Dean 2004

Subsiding a little, the breeze takes, as it were, to whispering.

Through Russia 2003

Subsiding onto the chair beside her aunt, Sophie forced herself to concentrate enough to follow Lucilla's discourse.

A Lady of Expectations Laurens, Stephanie 1995

Subsiding onto the chair beside her aunt, Sophie forced herself to concentrate enough to follow Lucilla's discourse.

A Lady of Expectations Laurens, Stephanie 1995

(_Subsiding, as if realizing the uselessness of this outburst -- shaking his head -- slowly, with deep conviction_) He's a hard man -- as hard a man as ever sailed the seas.

The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays Eugene O'Neill 1920

Subsiding rapidly in elevation, it becomes a knobbed and bouldered land which includes timber-line and the thin forests of wind-twisted pines which contend with the granite for foothold.

The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903

Subsiding a little, the breeze takes, as it were, to whispering.

Through Russia Maksim Gorky 1902

Subsiding into a reclining position, he suddenly gave his thigh a sharp slap and started as if the blow had roused him up.

A Dash from Diamond City George Manville Fenn 1870