Then the passion had cooled, and old emotions had come back.

As passions cool, with the enormity of the task at hand now clear to all, practical thinking will take hold.

The passion for rowing cooled a bit, but essentially remained.

Back then, it seemed that passions over Vietnam might never cool, on either side.

When she finally came out, his passion had cooled or he lay fast asleep.

She is 58, and her passion has not cooled.

I admit that my passion had somewhat cooled during our long separation.

For Israelis, the separation was welcomed as both a security measure and a way to allow passions to cool.

The time taken to make that decision could allow passions to cool as more facts emerge.

I'm a grandmother, well into the middle years of life, at an age when passion cools.