tailing away
Slowly losing momentum
Tailing away describes something gradually diminishing or fading, often used of sound, speech, or effort that loses strength toward the end.
A voice tails away when it grows quieter and trails off: Her sentence tailed away as she realized no one was listening.
The phrase suggests a gradual decline rather than an abrupt stop.
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- ebbingGradually declining or receding
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- dying outBecoming extinct gradually
shrinking · decreasing · peter out · subsiding · dwindling · tapering · fizzling out · receding · fade out · lessening · muffling · disengaging · die down · slowing down · silencing · declining · dimming · dropping off
tailing awaysurging
Rising with sudden force
building up · intensifying · ramping up · escalating · swelling
tailing awayemerging
Coming into view
materializing · coming to the fore · looming · rising · crystallizing
tailing awaypersisting
Continuing through difficulty
enduring · sustaining · maintaining · continuing · staying strong