'ebb' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'ebb' with 5 example sentences.
- ebb verb
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: flow back or recede
: hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
: fall away or decline
- ebb noun
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: a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
: the outward flow of the tide
Relations between us seem to be on the ebb.
I walked along the beach when the tide ebbed.
His popularity was at a low ebb.
Her life ebbed away from her through her wounds.
Every tide has its ebb.