Your teen may need reassurance that the sadness and other feelings of grief will lessen over time.

He was still dazed and dizzy, but the sick feeling in his stomach had lessened.

Maybe such feelings will lessen over time.

I do hope it is fruitful and the feeling of impending doom is lessening.

She also noted that the feeling of Gerard's presence had lessened, but that he was still present.

During the 1980s, however, raw material prices fell and the feeling of vulnerability lessened.

These feelings usually lessen over time.

Do such feelings lessen my impact as a cutting-edge music journalist?

Playing a few hours of poker with Orrin had only intensified that feeling, not lessened it.

The feeling lessened only ever so slightly.