The tension among the staff ebbed away only when the new robot was carried in.

Lucas felt the tension slowly ebb away into the night.

The tension had ebbed once again, and Felicity took her seat at the table once more.

The tension between the 2 men had ebbed somewhat.

Within a matter of minutes the tension had ebbed from him.

"Good," the old man said as the tension in the common room ebbed palpably, "excellent."

Some would argue that in recent years racial tensions have ebbed as New York has become more diverse.

At last she lifted her hand and the tension in the room ebbed perceptibly.

Outside, after what seemed an eternity of blueness, tension ebbed.

We had not turned the wallscreen on again, and the tension had ebbed from the house.