abates

As soon as he feels that the heat has penetrated, he settles the foot, which is thus very hot, on the loins and spine of the patient, and when he presses down, the pain abates.

Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008

Yet after the hotel room, after the cups of soil-colored tea, after I remove the ropes from the ceiling above the bed, the ropes which were cemented to hold him there, after distraction in all forms abates, the soul in need of exorcism returns to the street that is Slowkowska Street.

Fish Isabell Serafin 2011

So what will we say after the current famine abates?

Sarah Kenyon Lischer: Why Western Aid Won't Save Somalia Sarah Kenyon Lischer 2011

So what will we say after the current famine abates?

Sarah Kenyon Lischer: Why Western Aid Won't Save Somalia Sarah Kenyon Lischer 2011

So what will we say after the current famine abates?

Sarah Kenyon Lischer: Why Western Aid Won't Save Somalia Sarah Kenyon Lischer 2011

The Lord Chamberlain has closed all public entertainments, including the Southwark and Bartholomew fairs as well as both playhouses, until the plague abates.

Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011

While this may seem counterintuitive in the face of continued domestic violence worldwide, it is notable that in those societies or communities where intimate violence is stigmatized and reviled, the violence abates.

Marianne Mollmann: Making Noise About Violence and Women Marianne Mollmann 2011

Cooling centers were set up in many cities to offer residents places to escape, and they were expected to remain open during the day until the heat abates.

Midwest heat wave heading East 2011

The violence continues where it is ignored and abates where it is stigmatized.

Marianne Mollmann: Making Noise About Violence and Women Marianne Mollmann 2011

So what will we say after the current famine abates?

Sarah Kenyon Lischer: Why Western Aid Won't Save Somalia Sarah Kenyon Lischer 2011