"excitement subsided" is a perfectly valid and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to communicate that an excited feeling or atmosphere has died down or been replaced by something else. For example: "When the announcement had been made, the room was filled with excitement, but eventually the excitement subsided as people began to digest the news."
Both benches cleared and other players threw punches before the excitement subsided.
When the excitement subsided, Mr. Brummert produced a huge red-tail from a large wood box.
But after the initial excitement subsided, the programs were often discontinued.
But when the excitement subsided, the body's icy grave turned out to have been a hundred meters inside Italy.
When the result was clear and the home favourite had won, Murray and Dimitrov were forced to wait until the excitement subsided.
As the initial excitement subsided, complaints about overcrowding and fumes increased, sparking a Parliamentary inquiry into the Tube's atmosphere in 1897.
The excitement subsides a little in the main courses, which are homey at heart, perfectly satisfying, but taken as a whole, not quite as clever as the starters.
Many Hundreds Reported to Have Been Killed -- A Bomb Exploded in the Bank -- Foreign Warships Make a Demonstration to Overawe the Rioters -- The Condition of the City Panicky -- Shops Close Till the Excitement Subsides.
That said, Google Voice won't revolutionize any industries (or convince people to abandon their phone companies), and it remains to be seen whether it will do much for Google once the excitement subsides.
WTA rules state that "players shall not at any time physically abuse any official, opponent, spectator or other person...for the purposes of this rule, physical abuse is the unauthorized touching of an official, opponent and spectator or other person". When all the excitement subsides, the Brit will play American Sloane Stephens in the next round.
By sunset, the excitement had subsided.
