The skies may hold not the splendour of sundown fast; / It wanes into twilight as dawn dies down into day.
Proud once and princely was the mansion, ere a succession of spendthrifts waned away its splendour.
His influence which was on the wane during the reign of Joseph II grew still less during the reign of Leopold II (1790-2).
The fall of Jack, and the subsequent fall of Jill, simply represent the vanishing of one moon-spot after another, as the moon wanes.
Fast as autumn days toward winter: yet it seems//Here that autumn wanes not, here that woods and streams.
The snow which had been for some time waning, had given way entirely under the fresh gale of the preceding night.
It was very dark, for although the sky was clear the moon was now well in the wane, and would not rise till the small hours.
Sapwood, or even bark, may appear on the corners, or may have been cut off, resulting in wane, or missing timber.
And in the cool twilight when the sea-winds wane.
thumb|Wane siding on a cabin at [[w:S.B. Elliott State Park|S.B. Elliott State Park]].