The humor he had shown a moment before had now evaporated.
The elf's good humor was rapidly evaporating.
His good humour had already evaporated, but I was getting used to his changes of mood.
John's good humour evaporated and he had a dry, unpleasant taste in his throat.
"Don't play coy," Ann said, her indulgent humor evaporating from her voice.
Like wax under a particle beam, the tenuous good humor evaporated, leaving only thick, churning silence.
Janeway realized that all the good humor she'd arrived on the bridge with this morning had evaporated like morning mist under an unkind sun.
It was curious how the humour of calling a scuttle "kettle" had evaporated.
The Kid's humor evaporated in an instant and he looked at her apprehensively.
But once inside the fresher, in a private stall, the humor evaporated.