It implies that as women become better educated and more involved in life outside their immediate families, this form of domestic violence is "receding."

Cugel and Garstang watched the sturdy form recede into the distance and disappear.

Lingering by the door, Aiah watches his big form recede down the corridor, his people marching around him as if already formed in ranks for battle.

Daniel followed him and watched his thin form recede in the distance.

Their fluid forms extend and recede like waves on a shore.

The high vault roared with thunder he couldn't understand, and Brong's colossal form receded, faster than he could move.

Is there anything unnatural or unwholesome in the touch of Florence, that the beautiful form recedes and contracts, as if it could not bear it!

Glinnes stood in the doorway and watched Vang Drosset's burly form recede along the road.

Jani watched his perfect form recede down the hall, taut muscles working under tanned skin.

As the mounted forms receded in a cloud of dust, heading back toward Lochalyn, Rhun and Manfred drew him on.