wasting away
Example Sentences
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Retirees can easily find themselves wasting away free time on social media.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
The retired Canadian insurance adviser was 93, and "was wasting away" after a long battle with prostate cancer.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
He had been suffering from prostate cancer and his death certificate said he died of "cancerous cachexia" - a wasting away caused by the disease.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2023
It's a country that's become thoroughly militarized and so is slowly wasting away, marked increasingly by fear, deprivation, and unhappiness.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2023
The three-year-old was only getting sicker, wasting away before everyone’s eyes, as the mutant germs flourished.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
