English example sentences with "thinned"

Suddenly as we looked at the ship we saw a dense black cloud of smoke shoot up from her, which hung like a monstrous tree upon the sky line. A few seconds later a roar like thunder burst upon our ears, and as the smoke thinned away there was no sign left of the Gloria Scott.
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No sooner had Acates finished speaking than the cloud suddenly parted and, in the serene sky, thinned out and vanished.
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