shriveled
Example Sentences
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Hanwha plans to pump $5 billion into the site, hoping to rebuild a shipbuilding workforce and supply ecosystem that has largely shriveled away.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025
The Mountain Fire had scorched some of the fruit, leaving it shriveled or in ashes.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024
According to the Public Education Review, reheated chicken nuggets, French fries, shriveled hamburgers, iceberg lettuce salads and a bevy of processed foods make up a significant portion of the school lunch program’s offerings.
From Salon • Apr. 25, 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
And nor did I mistake for long Pierrot, much shriveled and with a shining pate I wanted to put my hand on, but still twinkly as ever and very much the paterfamilias.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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