in decline

phrase

: to become less powerful, wealthy, etc.

There was a general feeling that the country was in decline.

Examples of in decline in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

It was widely visited for a couple of decades, but was already in decline when Greco fell ill in the early 1980s. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026

Also in decline are some immune cells that protect specific tissues such as the intestine. — Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026

When forests reach their limits One of the most surprising discoveries was that the forests did not enter the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in decline. — Regan E. Dunn, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026

Lots of wells off the coast of California are in decline, and fracking might reverse that trend — and stave off decommissioning costs. — Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 9 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for in decline

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• centerline