The concern is that enthusiasm for the Spice Girls, which propelled the group to stardom a year ago, may have cooled.

Should the toilets gain a reputation as unsafe or unsavory, public enthusiasm would cool fast.

I was afraid my enthusiasm would cool.

Nasby did not go, and Clemens's enthusiasm cooled at the prospect of setting out alone on that long tour.

Consumers' enthusiasm for buying items smaller than houses might then cool off, too, and that could harm the economy and the stock market, he warned.

In the years since, that enthusiasm had cooled markedly.

But airlines' enthusiasm for the in-flight Internet has since cooled.

Bogart chose acting for himself, but his enthusiasm cooled when he didn't immediately become a star.

His enthusiasm to reach Death Island had cooled somewhat during the journey across the lake.

His enthusiasm cooled, however, by the time they had sampled the first five.