Fade

1825, Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, review of Theodric by Thomas Campbell Passages that are somewhat fade.

His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous.

If you confine yourself to hitting straight shots while you are developing your golf swing, you are less likely to develop a preference for hitting a fade or a draw.

Ace could have done a fade. Instead, he gathered all his courage — which was not inconsiderable, even in his middle age — and went to see the Flying Corson Brothers.

The Golden Bear faded the ball from left to right with great consistency, so he seldom had to worry about trouble on the left.

The earth mourneth and fadeth away.

[flowers] that never fade

The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.

The milkman's whistling faded into the distance.

He makes a swanlike end, / Fading in music.

1856, Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, A strange thing was that Bovary, while continually thinking of Emma, was forgetting her. He grew desperate as he felt this image fading from his memory in spite of all efforts to retain it. Yet every night he dreamt of her; it was always the same dream. He drew near her, but when he was about to clasp her she fell into decay in his arms.

So many people have come and gone Their faces fade as the years go by

They say your love will surely fade girl When things go wrong and trouble calls

And with that, I think we'll leave 2021's tail lamp to fade into the distance.

I tried to get some bets that y'all were fixin' to get married but nobody would fade me.