shrivelled
Example Sentences
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"A healthy plant would have 70 to 80 grains. This one will produce 10," she said, pointing to one shrivelled shoot.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
Badenoch said the prime minister had "shrivelled" from leadership and called on him to apologise to Epstein's victims.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025
It is a vote he would lose, and badly, and it might expose just how shrivelled that parliamentary loyalty to him now is.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2023
The drought has laid waste to the Somali countryside, leaving crops shrivelled and the scrublands dotted with the corpses of emaciated livestock.
From Reuters ● Dec. 13, 2022
It was so crumpled and wizened, so shrunken and shrivelled, it looked as though it had been pickled in vinegar.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
