shriveled
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All she can point to is a garage stuffed with throw pillows, remnants of her shriveled dream to design interior spaces for affluent clients.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
A survey of hundreds of Barclays online brokerage clients during the 2008-09 financial crisis found that their willingness to take risk shriveled as the stock market crashed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
My right eye is lazy, shriveled and blind; it moves like an out-of-control marble circling a drain.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024
His flesh has shrunk and shriveled, life reduced to little more than a thin mask over an imminent death.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2024
The vines creeping around the compartment shriveled and peeled away, like flowers wilting under the baking sun.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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