The word "fades" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It is the present tense form of the verb "fade" which means to gradually lose brightness, vividness, or apparent distinctness. Example: The colors of the sunset gradually fades into the night sky, creating a beautiful and peaceful atmosphere.
The light of child stars often fades, but with a role so mature, so enmeshed in the politics of a nation, it's hard to understand why nothing took off.
As you get nearer to the harbour, the traffic noise of the city fades, slowly displaced by the sound of water lapping gently against the quay.
But once that sugar rush fades, it's a different story.
The eurozone has regained some momentum this year, thanks in part to the European Central Bank's quantitative easing programme, but growth is unlikely to pick up much further as the initial boost from falling oil prices fades".
Hobart is a compact place that fades from view rapidly as you leave it – traffic and houses are quickly replaced by rolling hills and winding roads.
As the triumphal Olympic and Paralympic summer fades, and time is called on the large-scale, knock-'em-dead Cultural Olympiad work that was made to showcase British arts to a watching world, the industry faces a grim autumn.
Of course, this is a fascinating prospect in a lot of ways – which is why we love post-apocalyptic fiction: it is about the ultimate form of freedom – but when there is not enough true, tactile interaction with the world, the appeal quickly fades.
Athens has been going through the Grexit mill of Syriza mystification, and still any denouement fades into the mists of July.
It is necessary, and indeed a duty, to honour their memory, for whenever memory fades, it means that evil allows wounds to fester," he said in St Peter's Basilica.
As for the assertion that anti-tank or anti-aircraft weaponry, if delivered by the west, would fall into Isis hands, well, Filiu responds that this risk fades considerably compared to the huge quantity of American military equipment given to Isis last year when Mosul fell: the US equipped Iraqi army abandoned all its hardware to the assaillants.
At which point the screen dissolves, Monday's make or break game against Bangladesh in Adelaide fades away and England are back in the United Arab Emirates in February 2012.
