His film career faded by the end of the 1970s.
Her words seemed faded by the sun, dying in the heat.
It had faded by more than a factor of three million in that time.
But Lake's career had largely faded by the time she was 30.
It had faded out of existence by the early 1990s.
The grin had faded by the time he got to the end.
Interest in the strip began to fade by the 1940s.
This tends to fade by the time the child is five.
His senses had completely faded away by the time he hit the ground.
The popularity of the bowl cut faded by the mid-1990s.