The movement gradually thins out and fades eventually into silence.

The movement largely faded following the dot-com bubble implosion of 2000.

The movement faded as general society shifted away from religious activities and the conservative fundamentalist movement gained strength.

But after some early success, she said, the movement quickly faded.

The movements of the ground slowly faded away, and the cloud of sand subsided.

The movement lost momentum in 1898 and faded rapidly after Andy's death in 1909.

After 1848, as the movement faded, its demands appeared less threatening and were gradually enacted by other reformers.

A heavy defeat in the 1936 elections shook confidence however and the movement faded.

They said they feared that their movement, like previous ones begun by black students here, would simply fade away after they had gone.

However, the war drove food prices up, allowing the farmers to prosper, and the movement faded away.