shrivelled

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Turnout in local elections that do not coincide with a general election are almost always shrivelled.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2025

In the corner of one stall, we see what looks like a saucepan lid full of shrivelled, straw-coloured fruit bats.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2023

Exports - a key source of revenue for Koblevo and other big wineries - have shrivelled due to the blockade of Ukraine's Black Sea ports.

From Reuters • Sep. 6, 2022

But a flower that worships the sun also needs the blessing of rain - and there is none, leading to a mass of shrivelled crops producing neither seeds nor oil.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2022

When taken out of the stocks his skin was cold and shrivelled; there was no perceptible pulsation in the temporal or radial arteries, and he complained of severe cephalgia ...

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover