on the wane

Adjective

Meaning

on the wane

(idiomatic) in a period of decrease or decline
The moon was on the wane.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

ebbing dwindling moribund waning obsolescent declining subsiding contractive decrescent

Examples

After the Duma rejected Chernomyrdin's candidacy twice, Yeltsin, his power clearly on the wane, backed down. Source: Internet

By 1995, Moore's film career was on the wane and he was having trouble remembering his lines, a problem he had never previously encountered. Source: Internet

His sympathy for Nietzsche's philosophy and atheism in general was also on the wane. Source: Internet

Another guest is Russian ballerina Grusinskaya ( Greta Garbo ), whose career is on the wane. Source: Internet

Even though their class is on the wane, the samurai hold a special place in Seikei’s heart, as he aspires to be as courageous and honorable as those legendary warriors. Source: Internet

The art of letter-writing is on the wane, but evidence of how much we’ve lost can discovered in the pages of As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

on the wagon on the wallaby on the wallaby track on the warpath on the watch on the water surface