English

Verb

fade away

1. To lose strength, become weaker; to wane
   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21

     "I felt my strength fading away, and I was in a half swoon. How long this horrible thing lasted I know not, but it seemed that a long time must have passed before he took his foul, awful, sneering mouth away. I saw it drip with the fresh blood!"