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Example sentences for: wane

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But Congress' military influence began to wane as presidents grabbed more and more power.
But are these qualities now on the wane?
And some of the GOP's increasing anti-interventionism can be ascribed to hysterical dislike of President Clinton, rather than to principled belief, and is likely to wane when he is gone.
When Napoleon’s bubble burst and French power began to wane, William of Orange emerged from exile and was proclaimed king in 1813.
If we can learn something about how the underlying emotions wax and wane, about the circumstances under which bad things are likely to happen, wouldn't that be useful information?