wasted away
Example Sentences
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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
That meant surgeons sometimes watched helplessly as potential donors slowly wasted away, damaging their tissues beyond recovery.
From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2019
But homesickness would often strike them, spreading like a terrible fever; some wasted away out of sadness.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
