Sentence examples for is abated from inspiring English sources

Mounting apoplexy is abated only by the winning charm and efficiency of the maitresse d'.

It appears that people have learned to associate insurance with a sense of safety and therefore the apprehension that is experienced when one considers possible misfortune is abated by the awareness that one is insured against these calamities.

That is abated, however, by the expanse of the place and the option to skip the guides and roam, unaccompanied, the hills and valleys that yield footbridges, vegetable gardens, ponds and orchards.

Finally, Mr. Zuckerman said, while it is possible for the letter writer to withhold maintenance payments until the noise problem is abated, that strategy is usually risky since it could lead to the co-op filing an action to terminate the letter writer's proprietary lease.

"Parallel global networks make sense," said Leland A. Westerfield, a senior analyst who follows the media industry for UBS Warburg in New York, because "the potential for client conflict is abated and the ability to serve brands around the world is facilitated".

The film's title character played by Meryl Streep is abated in her grandiose fantasies, not only by the fact that she's an heiress, but also because she's suffering from syphilis--which in its later stages can affect the brain.

It is abating.

Economic anxiety is abating.

The discounting is abating, however.

Tyson's appeal is abating.

Finally, the fiscal squeeze is abating.