How to Use dissipate in a Sentence

dissipate

verb
Definition of dissipatenext
Synonyms for dissipatenext
  • The fog should dissipate soon.
  • The morning sun dissipated the fog.
  • That gives the storm enough time to move away or dissipate.
    — Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 31 Aug. 2023
  • And the flooding is getting worse as the storm dissipates.
    — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 18 Sep. 2018
  • So let the stress wash over you and dissipate like the sweet steam off a fresh mug of hot chocolate.
    — CNN Underscored, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Once that is in the story, your score starts to dissipate.
    — Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 6 June 2023
  • Through Tonight: The few clouds of the day will tend to dissipate.
    — Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2021
  • But as soon as the men start to explain themselves, the threat dissipates.
    — Margaret Gray, latimes.com, 8 June 2018
  • Left long enough, the foam would vanish, the gas would dissipate and the stout would go still and flat.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 16 Apr. 2018
  • As the crowd began to dissipate, the sisters went inside to pray.
    — Chris Kenning, The Courier-Journal, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Four days later, the cloud of smoke has not yet begun to dissipate.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The pump is bathed in gasoline which helps dissipate heat that could shorten its life.
    — Bob Weber, chicagotribune.com, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Since vinyl chloride in the air breaks down and dissipates in a day or two, it would not be found in air now.
    — Jill Neimark, STAT, 21 Feb. 2023
  • These are good tools to get a reading of the wind around you, but the powder quickly dissipates.
    — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 2 Dec. 2019
  • It’s the kind of thing that doesn’t dissipate in two or three days after the event happens.
    — Adam Epstein, Quartz, 2 June 2021
  • That would give him an extra day off to allow the soreness in his right hip to dissipate.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2022
  • At first, officials said the odor would dissipate in three to five days.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The itch to keep climbing didn’t seem to dissipate once in Congress.
    — Ben Terris, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Why does the larger system with more heat surface area with which to dissipate heat have a fan?
    — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2017
  • As leagues have dissipated or gone elsewhere, that is no longer the case.
    — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 2 May 2018
  • These conditions will dissipate the smoke plume over the state.
    — Star Tribune, 4 July 2021
  • Visit these places during the early fall when the crowds dissipate.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Through Tonight: Any clouds of the day tend to dissipate with sunset.
    — Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The pain will dissipate by game time and medication could dull pain.
    — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 Jan. 2018
  • Now, all of those bubbles are poised to dissipate as banks tighten their policies and stop the free flow of cash.
    — Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 17 June 2022
  • But after a little over a week, there were no signs the fighting would dissipate.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2022
  • Through tonight: Clouds tend to dissipate with loss of sunshine.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Crews are looking to both put out the hot spots and help dissipate residual smoke in those areas.
    — Felicia Alvarez, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
  • Once the eruption is over, the gases will quickly dissipate.
    — CNN, 1 June 2018
  • When hot, the spines stand up, allowing heat to dissipate.
    — Byjack Tamisiea, science.org, 17 Jan. 2023

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