But any possibility of a détente has evaporated.

There was a war to be fought; and after that possibility evaporated, there was fun to be pirated wherever it showed its flag.

But the possibility for forming such a Government evaporated as the leaders of Italy's main political parties began to bicker over how the changes would be adopted.

As if this burden were not great enough, Langdon now realized that any possibility of finding a way to return the keystone to the Priory had just evaporated.

Add to that the unrelaxing possibility that your own job could evaporate while you are gone.

That possibility all but evaporated late Monday afternoon.

Any possibility of an easy victory had just evaporated, not only for himself but for his adversaries from the League and Torond who would fly next.

But the possibility of VerticalNet's buying footholds in all sorts of industries evaporated with the company's stock price.

The possibility of catching the 11:29 express to Babylon was evaporating.

The idea of blundering through the streets trying to escape the spell, of being essentially blind, sent cold chills through him even though the possibility had evaporated weeks before.