I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an ebb tide (= the flow of the sea away from the shore )
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We sailed out to sea on the ebb tide.
ebb and flow
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the ebb and flow of the tide
ebb and flow
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We watched the tide ebb and flow .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
low
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Jackie tries to explain she was at her lowest ebb when she sought comfort from Shelley.
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Idei is overhauling a corporate structure Sony introduced in mid-1994 when its fortunes were at a low ebb .
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We had a few concluding words about the literary scene in London, which he thought to have reached a pretty low ebb .
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At his lowest ebb , Macari was threatened with imprisonment and his wife rang friends to secure bail money of £50,000.
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In the past eighteen months he has felt at an appallingly low ebb .
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Inspiration seemed to be at a very low ebb .
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Her spirits were at their lowest ebb .
■ NOUN
tide
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And she couldn't bear the thought of being sucked back into the ebb tide of loneliness again either.
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It was ebb tide and the current was in their favour.
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Flounders were plentiful, with many undersize fish caught on the ebb tide .
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But Grace wouldn't need them to go out to sea on the ebb tide .
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He had missed the ebb tide .
■ VERB
reach
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We had a few concluding words about the literary scene in London, which he thought to have reached a pretty low ebb .
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Still, she had a sneaking hope that as she'd reached her lowest ebb , the tide might turn.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The latest setback is another sign of the ebb in the governor's influence.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At her lowest ebb , she would have scorned to stoop to such tactics.
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At his lowest ebb , Macari was threatened with imprisonment and his wife rang friends to secure bail money of £50,000.
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In the past eighteen months he has felt at an appallingly low ebb .
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Inspiration seemed to be at a very low ebb .
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John summed it up as the super sixties, sobering seventies and ebb and flow of the eighties.
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We had a few concluding words about the literary scene in London, which he thought to have reached a pretty low ebb .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
away
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It was all very well to make brave plans but here in the presence of this brooding giant, courage ebbed away .
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Their ritual rage ebbed away , to be replaced by a mounting fear.
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But their strength was ebbing away , and neither DeFreitas nor Botham could contribute, both on the field but carrying injuries.
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I could feel the enthusiasm ebbing away as the workmen became more and more exhausted.
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London's crumbling pillars Confidence in the City of London's main institutions is ebbing away .
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Lancaster meanwhile was encamped near Bedford, and seeing his support ebb away he made another offer of submission.
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The spontaneity of the dancers ebbed away and they seemed almost shamefaced that their behaviour had been witnessed by their employers.
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Either way, everything that had been beginning was now ending, ebbing away without hope.
■ NOUN
flow
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How much attention do these programmes pay to the real dynamics of peer group pressures as they ebb and flow across adolescence?
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There is no trace of litter, despite the hundreds of affluent shoppers who ebb and flow along these consumerist highways.
tide
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The tide was now ebbing fast.
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Fortunately, the tide of destruction is ebbing and the tide of conservation is coming in....
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But the tide of prosperity ebbed , leaving the town unfinished.
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With a yet slower rhythm than the polar ice, the tides of civilization ebbed and flowed across the galaxy.
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The tide was ebbing , and they went down on the steeply shelving bed of the Conway.
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Moreover, the tide was ebbing and the cumbrous vessel was in danger of running aground and not getting off.
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It is a pretty boring place, except tides ebb and flood there, as do the seasons.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I could feel my courage ebbing away.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As El Ni o ebbs away, drought follows the torrential rain.
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But the fear, whatever it was, was ebbing, and I could once again take deep breaths and release them.
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But the power of men like Allen ebbed quickly after segregationist Democrats regained command of the Legislature in 1872.
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But their strength was ebbing away, and neither DeFreitas nor Botham could contribute, both on the field but carrying injuries.
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Delay it, and its vitality would ebb .
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Now the excitement had begun to ebb at leaving Miss Tish.
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The tide was ebbing, and they went down on the steeply shelving bed of the Conway.
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Under these conditions, our normal self-assurance ebbs.