wither
Example Sentences
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Promising academic science can wither if researchers can’t fund the experiments to validate it, a phase often called the valley of death.
The Texas troubadour is celebrating not what’s withered and worn but authentic and real.
Some said they couldn’t afford to let their corn crops wither away.
From Literature
Tiamat panted with exertion, her hot breath withering the leaves around her.
From Literature
The report was widely condemned, including by more than 85 U.S. scientists and experts who published a withering 459-page document denouncing it as biased, error-ridden and unfit for guiding policy.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
