wind down
verb
wound down also winded down; winding down; winds down
1
: to draw gradually toward an end
the party was winding down
: to cause a gradual lessening of usually with the intention of bringing to an end
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Examples of wind down in a Sentence
not being one for alcoholic beverages, I prefer to wind down with a cup of tea every night
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Mizzou tied the score with under a minute left after Crews had a successful trip to the free-throw line, but Certa’s 3 and additional free throws from the Fighting Irish with the clock winding down put the game away.
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Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 3 Dec. 2025
As the college football season winds down, Penn State is still operating with an interim head coach after the dismissal of James Franklin, and Roethlisberger kicked around the idea of Tomlin heading to Happy Valley to take over that program.
—Patrick Damp, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
Things are getting a little heated in the Big 12 marketplace as the coaching carousel starts to wind down before the early signing period begins on Wednesday.
—Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
Imaging this ancient comet As the Hawaiian sky crept toward dawn, the spectral work wound down.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 2 Dec. 2025
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Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 3 Dec. 2025
As the college football season winds down, Penn State is still operating with an interim head coach after the dismissal of James Franklin, and Roethlisberger kicked around the idea of Tomlin heading to Happy Valley to take over that program.
—Patrick Damp, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
Things are getting a little heated in the Big 12 marketplace as the coaching carousel starts to wind down before the early signing period begins on Wednesday.
—Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
Imaging this ancient comet As the Hawaiian sky crept toward dawn, the spectral work wound down.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 2 Dec. 2025
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“Wind down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wind%20down. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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