abated

Object

• rain: For the last race, the rain never abated, the wind moved round to the North, and the temperature dropped.
• wind: However as the weather front moved through the wind abated and with it came sunshine and a changing wind direction.

Subject

• time: The previous evening there had been a violent storm which had only partly abated by the time that the young explorer left home.

Preposition: within

• hour: The patient on VFX experienced severe restlessness ( akathisia ) which abated within hours of restarting the drug.

Modifying Another Word

• somewhat: Presumably Steve thinks the current freezing conditions will have abated somewhat by August.
• gradually: As we crossed over the mountains that run down the center of Upolu and headed toward the southern coast the rain gradually abated.
• slightly: The wind had abated slightly with gusts coming down the river at a mere thirty five miles per hour.
• much: The swollen stream had abated and the stream at the entrance was much abated so in we went.
• not: The threat of further terror strikes in the capital has not abated.

Preposition: for

• while: This lead to the release of Parnell and the anger that surrounded the land issue in Ireland abated for a while.

Preposition: by

• time: The previous evening there had been a violent storm which had only partly abated by the time that the young explorer left home.