shrivel
Example Sentences
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It was only in the 1990s that Germany began to let its defense industry shrivel again as it diverted spending toward the welfare state.
They say investment in the North Sea is shrivelling fast, with knock-on effects in refinery and chemical plant closures.
From BBC
Hanwha plans to pump $5 billion into the site, hoping to rebuild a shipbuilding workforce and supply ecosystem that has largely shriveled away.
Is queer humanity just a transitory circus in years of flourishing and a graveyard in years of shriveling?
From Salon
Badenoch said the prime minister had "shrivelled" from leadership and called on him to apologise to Epstein's victims.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
