This large lake expanded and contracted several times before finally receding in the early Pleistocene.

When it finally receded he felt lost and alone.

Five days later, on March 21, the water finally receded to 24 feet.

When the winter snow finally recedes, students break out the flying discs in serious club competitions.

The waters finally receded around an hour later.

When the storm finally receded we were in more barren latitudes.

But after years of editorial finger-wagging, the furniture suite is finally receding from the interior landscape.

Then it moved offscreen, was picked up by the side monitors, and finally receded past any possible danger point.

But when the storm finally receded, she found that she understood something she'd never grasped before.

A thousand little voices tinkled up, shining at him, and the smell receded finally.