When the waves of nausea had subsided, he staggered painfully to his feet.

I had to cling on desperately with my one good hand until the waves subsided and full consciousness returned.

The waves of bombings did not subside until October 1967.

He lay still, hoping the wave would flow through him, crest, and subside.

Neither could feel that, because the wave has subsided.

The wave subsided and the wood rose slightly, bringing my nose above water.

The great wave of migrants who left Greece in the 1950s and 1960s subsided long ago.

"It really wasn't funny, though," she told them after the wave of amusement subsided.

I was to ready a boat and make for this shore when the waves subsided.

When the radical wave subsided, the Herald found itself broke and unable to continue as an independent left daily.