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01. You shouldn't wash your black pants in hot water or the color will [fade].
02. Her hair color always [fades] in the summer sun.
03. The paint is starting to [fade] on the outside wall.
04. The sound of music [faded] into the distance as we drove slowly home.
05. The child's smile [faded] as he realized that his friend had forgotten his birthday.
06. The last light [faded] as we quickly put up the tent, and set about getting a fire going.
07. He always creates tension in our meetings, and then tries to [fade] into the background when arguments break out.
08. The light was [fading] as the boys slowly walked home after the baseball game.
09. Actress Joanne Woodward, wife of actor Paul Newman, once said of her husband that sexiness wears thin after a while, and beauty [fades], but to be married to a man who makes you laugh every day is a real treat.
10. Why do so many songs finish by [fading] away? Can't anybody write an ending to a song anymore?
11. Studies show that our sun is currently [fading] by about 0.018 percent per year.
12. Yves St-Laurent once remarked that fashions [fade], but style is eternal.
13. There is a Swedish proverb which states that lovely flowers [fade] fast.
14. The movie star's popularity has [faded] with time, and now she has been almost completely forgotten.
15. It is estimated that 10 years from today, half the jobs now available to high school graduates will have [faded] out of existence, replaced by jobs that do not exist today.
16. Due to a chemical change, the sweet taste of corn begins to [fade] as soon as it is picked, so it should be eaten as quickly as possible.
17. Sathya Sai Baba once said, "Bury bad thoughts under good ones. Then the bad ones will just [fade] away, and be forgotten."
18. Neil Young sang, "It's better to burn out, than to [fade] away."
19. David Suzuki notes that when air, water, food and warmth are in adequate supply, they [fade] from our thoughts.

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  • fadé — fade [ fad ] adj. • XIIe; lat. pop. °fatidus, class. fatuus « fade », d apr. sapidus; cf. saveur 1 ♦ Qui manque de saveur, de goût. Aliment, boisson fade. ⇒ insipide; douceâtre, écœurant. Il aime la cuisine épicée, ici tout lui paraît fade. Qui… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • fade — [feıd] v [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: fader, from Latin fatuus; FATUOUS] 1.) also fade away to gradually disappear ▪ Hopes of a peace settlement are beginning to fade. ▪ Over the years her beauty had faded a little. 2.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • Fade — Fade, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Faded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fading}.] [OE. faden, vaden, prob. fr. fade, a.; cf. Prov. D. vadden to fade, wither, vaddigh languid, torpid. Cf. {Fade}, a., {Vade}.] 1. To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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