shrivel

It was only in the 1990s that Germany began to let its defense industry shrivel again as it diverted spending toward the welfare state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

He starts the film at a speed-dating event where, in a great montage, he disappoints a procession of dewy singletons who shrivel up when this hunk comes across as cold and rude.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025

Only a few short weeks after we carried the luscious green plant into our new home, its protruding branches and leaves started to shrivel.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2024

"I thought I was going to shrivel away to nothing," Balsamico told Grist.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2024

He gave Archie a look that would shrivel anybody else, but Archie just kept that silly smile on his face.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

As the process unfolds, the cell's nucleus, which contains its genetic material, gradually shrivels before ultimately breaking apart.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

That’s because dehydration shrivels and distorts tissues, but frozen organs mostly keep their shape.

From National Geographic ● Aug. 7, 2023

As the Iranian currency, the rial, shrivels in value and people watch their incomes diminish with surging prices, strikes over salary disputes among bus drivers and teachers have also gained traction across the country.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2022

But at harvest, at the right time on the right grapes, the right type of botrytis shrivels the grapes to concentrate the juice.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021

Also, there is none of the horror of the possible turndown which shrivels the guts of timid men.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

But his intimidating onyx armor obscures all that, much in the way Darth Vader’s helmet and cloak overcompensate for his shriveled form.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

San Juan's once-sparkling rivers have shriveled due to drought, and residents in the rugged, western Argentine province fear that prospective mining projects in the Andes will make matters worse.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

Another liability, a short-term borrowing program called the overnight reverse repo facility that amounted to more than $2 trillion in recent years, already shriveled nearly to zero during a previous balance-sheet drawdown.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 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

Along one entire wall, arranged neatly in small piles, stood the raw materials he had collected: roots, seeds, dried leaves, pods, strips of bark and shriveled mushrooms.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

"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

The way Smith has shrivelled here, with 211 runs across 10 innings at an average of 23.44, as well as dropped catches, is a matter of serious concern.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026

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

The current account surplus has shrivelled and the budget deficit is widening, despite hefty drawdowns from a rainy-day fund.

From Reuters ● Feb. 15, 2023

The sullen shrivelled leaves of a past year hung on them, grating and rattling in the sad airs, but their maggot-ridden buds were only just opening.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Then temperatures rose to a record-breaking 108 degrees Fahrenheit in June, and co-owner Philibert Perrin noticed the leaves of his Cabernet Sauvignon grapes turning yellow and shriveling, an ominous sign.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

But the oversized airport was a bleak metaphor for a city that was once more bustling and then got let down—first by the shriveling of the steel business, then by USAir itself.

From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025

A rare three-year run of La Niña from 2020 to 2023 was a notable factor in California’s most recent drought, which saw unprecedented water restrictions, shriveling groundwater supplies and record-low levels on the Colorado River.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2024

Separately, the same high pressure system compounded by scarce Alpine snow melt this year has been a factor for the shriveling of lakes and rivers in northern Italy in recent weeks.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2023

Instead, their faces were puckering and shriveling, their fur collars almost swallowing their heads.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

Snaking queues of vehicles waited in Myanmar for shrivelling petrol supplies on Wednesday, with some gas stations shuttered as fuel stocks dried up due to the war in the Middle East.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026

Both have since swung back to Labour, but now it confronts a shrivelling neither of those moments touched – the potential of losing Wales.

From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025

While the bank had been preparing markets for a further stimulus cut at its March 10 meeting, rate hike bets are shrivelling.

From Reuters ● Mar. 1, 2022

California is especially badly hit: snowpack all but vanished, rivers, lakes and reservoirs dropping to record lows, farms shrivelling.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 12, 2015

Her body curled too; as the weeks turned to months, she shrank into herself like the stiffest of fetuses, shrivelling, her skin sallow and waxy.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen