wasted away

Example Sentences

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First, he had to re-build the muscles which had wasted away.

From BBC • May 21, 2024

There can be no doubt that the poor wasted away when even the rich were constantly hungry.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Bohdan’s father wasted away for weeks in the corridor room of a shelter for the injured and homeless before stomach cancer finally claimed him on Oct 3.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2022

"All the birds were at least half the normal weight, they had no fat on them at all and their muscle tissue had wasted away," Taylor said.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2022

It would be there, with the tar on the canvas drying and cracking, until great holes appeared and the currach wasted away.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff