The man's grip fell away; the terror ebbed from his face.

The terror ebbed, and as it faded, he tried to recall why he had been frightened.

She rocked back and forth, embracing him, and gradually the terror and panic ebbed from him.

He was gradually pulling himself into better focus, as his initial awkward terror of being repellant to her ebbed.

All the terror and the tiredness and the noise of the two days past ebbed slowly away, leaving us alone together.

Slowly terror ebbed.

How false the world was, she mused, her terror ebbing to unconsciousness.

The terror and the horror of the early evening had largely ebbed away.

Leaning against it, he fought to regain his breath while, slowly, the terror ebbed from his mind.

Now that the terror of defeat and recapture had ebbed out of his very bones, however prematurely, Harry felt a fleeting desire to defend his father.