By then, resistance to him had dissipated somewhat, and he won the nomination.

The smell by the pool had dissipated somewhat, or she'd gotten used to it.

Yet, when she first saw Tiam, her rage had dissipated somewhat.

Kirov's anger dissipated somewhat as he played the recording over a couple of times.

The aura of mystery is dissipated somewhat when the six walkers move out toward the audience.

My passions dissipated somewhat at this unexpected display of tenderness.

Then, possibly, the dark mood that had descended on the orphans with the winter would dissipate somewhat.

Additionally, the wave energy of the 2004 tsunami was dissipated somewhat by the mangroves in this area.

The collision had caused the nebula to dissipate somewhat, making it less effective as a sensor shield.

The contention has been somewhat dissipated over the last twenty years by three related phenomena: