Waxing (and waning): Enthusiasm is up overall among Republicans and down among Democratic voters in 2012.
Experts also cite the potential dangers of waning education on the workforce.
For all its waning power and prestige, the world continues to look to the United States for solutions and for hope.
The coming transition also appears to be a sign of the waning power of President Hu.
We had hoped, and still hope—although hope is waning—that the new Washington power structure would be different.
Already she knew what the end would be, already she tasted the bitter fruit of waning popularity.
The question haunted her through the waning days and the lonely nights.
The day was pure, exquisite in its waning beauty; the breeze as light and soft as a caress.
Sir Donald feels that past worries are receding into waning retrospect.
The waning of the moon symbolizes the waning of the lovers affection.
Old English wanian "make or become smaller gradually," from Proto-Germanic *wanojanan (cf. Old Saxon wanon, Old Norse vana, Old Frisian wania, Middle Dutch waenen, Old High German wanon "to wane, to grow less"), from *wano- "lacking," from PIE *we-no-, from root *eue- "to leave, abandon, give out" (see vain). Related: Waned; waning; wanes.