How to Use ebb in a Sentence

ebb

1 of 2 noun

• Morale seems to have reached its lowest ebb.
• VanDam hopes the craze fades, the crowds ebb and the rat hole can stay.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
• The genre was sort of at a low ebb in the seventies and eighties.
  — Adam Nayman, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2022
• Still, the ebb, lately, had become acute, and hard to account for.
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021
• The adversities and challenges, the ebb and flow, change from year to year.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 27 July 2021
• But turns out, its downfall had a lot more behind it than just the ebb and flow of trends.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 18 Nov. 2021
• The moon's tilt changes over an 18.6-year cycle, and that motion affects the ebb and flow of Earth's tides.
  — NBC News, 16 July 2021
• The school year that's now upon us would be the third school year in a row driven by the ebb and flow of the coronavirus.
  — David M. Perry, CNN, 12 Aug. 2021
• The best companies and leaders don’t see the ebb of the last disruption as a respite.
  — Jonathan Brill, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
• Stock markets are at their lowest ebb since the dark days of the pandemic.
  — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 11 May 2022
• While the availability of homes for sale often ebbs and flows, last year seemed to be all ebb.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 22 Jan. 2022
• Even an atlas isn’t sufficient to map the chaotic ebb and flow of this war.
  — Adam Hochschild, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2022
• At a low ebb for years, pro football in the capital just got lower.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 9 Feb. 2022
• But standing in the Nordmarka, as the echoes of the chanting ebb, the message in the bottle feels largely beside the point.
  — Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 14 Oct. 2022
• These are still uncertain times, however, caught in the ebb and flow of post-Covid-19 life.
  — Jeff Brazier, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021
• Biden's polling ebb could not come at a worse time for his presidency.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 23 Sep. 2021
• Nick’s Lagoon — a pond-shaped salt marsh the size of a football field that spills in and out of Hood Canal with the ebb of the tides — is far from pristine wilderness.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2022
• The constant retreat has influenced Earth beyond the ebb and flow of its tides.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2021
• Alone fans are accustomed to the typical ebb and flow of a season.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 26 May 2022
• The unemployment rates in the US are now at their lowest ebb in 53 years, hitting 3.4%.
  — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• Smith & Wesson has a long history in dealing with the ebb and flow of demand.
  — Aaron Smith, Forbes, 17 June 2021
• That has been the way of this war, nearly a week and a half in, a violent ebb and flow that has centered on a few key cities like Kyiv and Kharkiv.
  — New York Times, 6 Mar. 2022
• Our emotions often get swept up in the recurring ebb and flow.
  — Jim Osman, Forbes, 24 June 2022
• The numbers reflect a tendency for activity to peak in the springtime and ebb by the end of the summer.
  — Hallie Miller, baltimoresun.com, 14 Sep. 2021
• Keeping the fire going in relationships through the ebb and flow of life can feel daunting at times.
  — Janece Maze, Country Living, 2 Feb. 2023
• Our weeks will be filled with an ebb and flow of progress and setbacks, hope and disappointment, darkness and light.
  — Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 13 Sep. 2021
• The war in Ukraine found European military resources at a low ebb after three decades of cutbacks since the end of the Cold War.
  — Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2022
• The idea seems to be to first have the actors memorize the rhythm of the script, reducing it to an instinctive ebb and flow of sound rather than meaning.
  — Nina Li Coomes, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2022
• Since these sorts of goods last for a while, surges in spending on them are almost always followed by a spending ebb.
  — Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• But in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu’s numbers are at a low ebb.
  — Neri Zilber, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2023

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ebb

2 of 2 verb

• The skin will turn white or blue and then red when the attack ebbs.
  — Barbara Mantel, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2023
• And then, as soon as the red tide had ebbed, the All Clear was sounded.
  — Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 26 Jan. 2024
• He's been in his role for more than two decades, so he's seen the trends ebb and flow.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 23 July 2022
• Even then, this will likely ebb and flow throughout the year, and that’s okay.
  — Kirsten Nunez, SELF, 15 Sep. 2022
• Styles are supposed to ebb and flow, yet Ivy doesn’t go away.
  — Laura Jane Standley, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2022
• Black Friday has crept into a full month of sales that ebb and flow.
  — Louryn Strampe, Wired, 1 Nov. 2021
• The freight boom that had drawn him into trucking was starting to ebb.
  — David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 31 July 2023
• But that spike has now ebbed to 4% in data out Tuesday.
  — Gregory Korte, Fortune, 18 June 2023
• Their makeup ebbs away in the flow of the water, and strands of hair — natural or from their wigs — sticks to their cheeks.
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 July 2023
• When Delta began to ebb, the desire to come back into the salon revved right back up.
  — Washington Post, 5 May 2022
• Tensions will likely ebb and flow with the severity and length of drought.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2022
• There are certain genres that never seem to ebb and flow.
  — Steve Clarke, Variety, 2 Apr. 2022
• As the global supply of transformers has ebbed, prices have risen many times over.
  — Louis Gritzo, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• Moreover, engagement may ebb and flow at certain times of the year.
  — Yec, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
• The initial gathering of dozens appears to have ebbed to a handful.
  — Rebecca Boone, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2023
• The larger problem for Mounk’s narrative is that many of the ideas that swept onto the scene in 2020 have ebbed just as quickly in the months and years since.
  — Samuel Clowes Huneke, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2023
• When the sun rose and the wind began to ebb, Saribay got on an old bike and rode around town looking for other survivors.
  — Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• Support for a ban on AK-47s, AR-15s and similar weapons has been ebbing slightly.
  — Todd J. Gillman, Dallas News, 11 May 2023
• No, the market will continue to ebb and flow based on current events, which are out of our control.
  — Jeff Rose, Forbes, 26 May 2022
• While the virus may ebb and flow, the need for digital workspaces to coordinate teams of all sizes grows in demand.
  — Frederick Daso, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
• But the intensity of anger over the pension reform has ebbed since the last big protests on May 1, and since the measure became law in April.
  — Oleg Cetinic, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2023
• Border arrests ebb and flow regardless of who is in the Oval Office.
  — Priscilla Alvarez, CNN, 25 Mar. 2022
• Any team is an elbow injury away from winning ebbing away.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2023
• As memories of the months of protest and the pledges of reform after Floyd’s death start to fade, there are already signs that his legacy is ebbing, too.
  — Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
• There's reason to believe that once this wave starts to ebb that cases will continue to drop.
  — Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 7 Jan. 2022
• As case rates began to fall, her stress finally started to ebb.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2022
• The box office may continue to ebb and flow between weeks, but for the first time in nearly two years, there’s a steady stream of buzzy films on the schedule.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 11 Oct. 2021
• Eventually, the sound, the pulsing lights and the vibrations began to ebb.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
• And both styles ebb and flow depending on how much pressure is applied through pass rush.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2021
• The singer was spotted in the Hamptons yesterday wearing a polarizing style that’s ebbed in and out of style over the years.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2023

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