lessen-ing

Updated: June 11, 2025

Down it went, lessen-ing as it sank till it became a mere black speck and then disappeared. "That's where the dead go," said Branasko gloomily. Just then the American, happening to glance up, saw something like a huge black bird with outspread wings circling about in the red light over the pit. Branasko saw it, too, and his face paled and a tremolo was in his voice when he spoke.

Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben - The Land of the Changing Sun