Sentence examples for tapering off in from inspiring English sources

Economic prosperity began tapering off in the 1960s, when nearby factories and other high-employment enterprises began closing and joblessness soared.

On Thursday evening, the sprawling storm was hammering the Northeast coast, while snows were tapering off in the Mid-Atlantic.

The trips began June 30 , 2011 and extended through the summer before tapering off in August, according to people familiar with internal shift records.

In a news conference the mayor said rain was the tapering off in the city and the storm surge was expected to recede by midnight.

"We normally have a two-week preparation before our opening game in Europe, working hard in the first and tapering off in the second," said McCall.

Moyo's book is published just as the global "super cycle" in hard commodities appears to be tapering off, in part because of the decline in China's growth rate.

"Typically it tapers off in late March, the snowpack settles and it's OK for climbing and off-piste skiing, but just recently we had this big spike in the snow depth," Speta said.

Cortisol in children who are home-reared tends to peak just before they wake up and then taper off; in the leagăne infants of the control group, cortisol peaked in the afternoon and remained elevated.

The carryover from last month's production hasn't tapered off; in January, he poured in 33.5 points per 100 possessions while helping the Celtics to the seventh-highest net rating in the league.

His fortune fell by $5.9 billion as shares tapered off in the following months.

His career tapered off in the late 1990s.