The tide of battle ebbed and flowed for both sides.
The tide was ebbing; the water of the bay lay far below the pier.
The tide was still ebbing strong, and out where the light shone fish were jumping.
"The tide is ebbing, so the old girl won't be going anywhere."
As the tide ebbed, the tribe stopped playing and ran out onto the sand.
After years on the rise, it seemed as if Newark's tide of violence might be ebbing.
But each time the tide ebbed back, leaving its drift of dead.
The Hudson had begun to flow again as the tide ebbed.
The tide of adrenaline that had kept him going has ebbed.
Now the tide of new money into these funds may be ebbing.