dwindle

Example Sentences

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Savers may be spared the indignity of seeing the returns on their cash dwindle to near nothing - although institutions sometimes don't need an excuse to reduce savings rates.

From BBC

To their horror, the creek dwindled to a trickle, then dried up altogether.

From Literature

First Brands, which filed for bankruptcy in September, has been scrambling to secure additional financing to keep operating as cash quickly dwindled.

From The Wall Street Journal

From then, family gatherings dwindled, public appearances were mostly separate, and the Pawar name, once seen as a single axis of power, fractured into two rival camps.

From BBC

In January, net views on current business conditions "dwindled to just barely positive," while perceptions of employment conditions also weakened, The Conference Board said.

From Barron's