Debra Winger

I was never afraid of failure after that because, I think, coming that close to death you get kissed. With the years, the actual experience of course fades, but the flavor of it doesn't. I just had a real sense of what choice do I have but to live fully?

American Actor

Denzel Washington

When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and kinda looked like my sister. I opened the door so some light could come into the room, and it sort of faded away. My mother said it was probably my Guardian Angel.

FKA twigs

Fashion's important to me, but beauty fades. All that stuff is fun while it lasts, but anything can happen tomorrow. You've got to have so much more about you than the way you look or your clothes.

British Musician

Jack Dorsey

When people come to Twitter and they want to express something in the world, the technology fades away. It's them writing a simple message and them knowing that people are going to see it.

American Businessman

Ben Askren

Some people, they don't get a few takedowns, they start getting nervous, and they fade. That's just not in my character.

American Athlete

Amanda Lindhout

Friendships that don't fit my life anymore have faded away, and new ones have come in.

Canadian Journalist

Susan Sullivan

I mean, everybody's star fades in every business; that's just a natural part of life.

American Actress

Gertrude Stein

Before the flowers of friendship faded friendship faded.

American Author

Dagen McDowell

American Journalist

Masayoshi Son

Japanese Businessman

Used to describe something disappearing slowly or not immediately noticeable.

Gradual Change

Can describe waning feelings or lessening intensity in abstract contexts.

Metaphoric Use

Often suggests a peaceful or natural end to an activity or event.

Natural Ending

Highlights the impact of time or exposure, especially on colors or materials.

Time Effects

Used to show that an object is old or has been worn out over time.

Indication of Age

In broadcasting, describes the technique to seamlessly switch audio or visual elements.

Technical Transition

Used to create a specific emotional response or atmosphere in media.

Mood Creation

In golf, 'fade' is a calculated move to control the ball's flight path.

Sport Strategy

Describes the intentional direction in which a ball curving to the right.

Directional Bias

Refers to a modern haircut where the hair tapers down to the skin.

Stylish Haircut

A fade haircut is often associated with trendiness and urban culture.

Cultural Trend

 toe the line between visual art and poetry. Meanwhile, E.E. Cummings wrote poems whose shapes were as important as the words themselves, in this case amplifying the sad loneliness of a single leaf falling through space. If the visual nature of poetry faded into the background, perhaps we'd be left with music,

What makes a poem … a...

 that life had to be more than just mechanism. But people no longer think that. As biologists got on with the job of explaining the properties of living systems in terms of physics and chemistry -- things like metabolism, reproduction, homeostasis -- the basic mystery of what life is started to fade away,

Your brain hallucinates...

 Whether it was called qi, lifeblood, or humors, the belief in such an essence was common throughout the world, and still persists in the stories of creatures who can somehow drain life from others, or some form of magical sources that can replenish it. Vitalism began to fade in the Western world

At what moment are you...

 and began to fade away. Today, Gyotaku has become a popular art form, enjoyed by many. And the prints are said to bring good luck to the fishermen. But the art form is quite different than it used to be. Most artists today learn on their own by trial and error. Before the artist begins to print,

Gyotaku: The ancient...

 or possibly people who predated them who believed that trees were home to various spirits. Touching a tree would invoke the protection or blessing of the spirit within. And somehow, this tradition survived long after belief in these spirits had faded away.

Where do superstitions...

 power than from nuclear power nuclear and coal plants prospects are fading worldwide because wind and solar power are cheaper and can also make grids resilience preventing cascading blackouts but these modern renewables also scale up in a fundamentally

Why modern renewable...

 Within a short time span, three-quarters of the world's species disappeared forever, and the giant dinosaurs, flying pterosaurs, shelled squids, and marine reptiles that had flourished for ages faded into prehistory.

When will the next mass...

 they may miss out on drugs or therapies that are proven to work. Plus, the positive effects may fade over time, and often do. Placebos also cloud clinical results, making scientists even more motivated to discover

The power of the placebo...

 the way that I'll see it is you know I got a few more kids to throw and out of trouble you know like I legitimately felt my own personality and myself fading into like

Meet a Competitive...

 you'd see our sun flicker and fade away forever

Fade