- Declined a bat with Ed - Declined first dance after sailor scoffed - Died away - Died down (of storm) - Diminished - Drew back from Alfred Tennyson initially in a bed - Eased off
- Came to a point - Came to a point when red tape was untangled - Diminished gradually - Diminishing slowly in size - Dwindled, ... off - Narrowed - Narrowing