expiring

Speech parts

1. expiring - Adjective

2. expiring - Verb

Meaning

of Expire

Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath; dying; ending; terminating.

Pertaining to, or uttered at, the time of dying; as, expiring words; expiring groans.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ebbing going pass stop die passing ending dying failing sinking expired concluding fading expire perish
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Antonyms

active chipper sprightly existing alive vital
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Examples

Let echo, too, perform her part, Prolonging every note with art; And in a low expiring strain, Play all the comfort o'er again. Joseph Addison

Expiring for love is beautiful but stupid. Jenny Holzer

Under the sun the summer grasses fade. The rose, expiring after the harsh ravage Of the heat, languishes toward the shade. Sleep drips from the foliage. Renée Vivien

She dotes on poetry, sir. She adores it I may say that her whole soul and mind are wound up, and entwined with it. She has produced some delightful pieces, herself, sir. You may have met with her Ode to an Expiring Frog,' sir. Charles Dickens

Adding to that will be the UK government's furlough program expiring in October. Source: Internet

Alan Long of Richmond shall serve for a term expiring June 30, 2026. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

expired year expiree expirer expiringly expirogram expiry