But the wind turns them from their course, and when it abates, they find themselves in strange waters, pursued by a pirate bark.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
Yet in the weeks which intervened before that opportunity arrived, the repudiated matter rankled like a poison, which abates none of its malignity because its victim has pasted an innocuous label on the bottle.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
"No servant will venture to drive to Ostrowko in such a night as this," Inspector Berndal declared; "we shall have to wait until the storm abates.
"Quicksands"
Adolph Streckfuss