s'éteignirent

went out

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went out A literary past-tense form of s’éteindre; for sounds or songs, it can mean “died away.”
FR: Les bougies s'éteignirent une à une.
EN: The candles went out one by one.

Peu à peu, les chants s'éteignirent.

Little by little, the songs died away.

Les lumières s'éteignirent.

The lights went out.

Soudain, les lumières s'éteignirent.

Suddenly, the lights went out.

Peu à peu toutes les lumières s'éteignirent.

Little by little, all the lights went out.