There had been a correspondence, industrious at first, then flagging as each found new friends and new interests, and finally ceasing altogether.
"The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories"
Charles Weathers Bump
The relation with Mrs. Venables, though her own 'achievement of intimacy' suffered no flagging, had been to the Crevequers a little spoiled by a renunciation on their side.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
Volador was flagging a little when at length they swept up the slope of another rise.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss