dwindling
Example Sentences
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Along with her death comes the painful realization that the chances of finding survivors are dwindling, as rescue teams continue to search for hundreds of missing people after this week's devastating 7.4 magnitude earthquake.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
I asked Dan whether he meant dwindling in health or popularity.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
And on Thursday, Sweetgreen announced a lowered outlook for the year, citing dwindling sales resulting from consumer fears over cyclospora even though it doesn’t serve iceberg lettuce.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
SpaceX shares dipped below their IPO price of $135 on Wednesday morning for the first time since listing, signaling dwindling hype around the Elon Musk company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Finally, campfires dwindling, they laid out sleeping rolls for us and sang a lullaby in a lilting foreign language, and I felt pleasantly like a child.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
Vocabulary lists containing dwindling
Compound Fracture
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The Pecan Sheller
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