wither

While Rocky moved away and thrived, Roman withered in inadequacy feeling abandoned.

Martin also spoke, in withering terms, of some of his players with one eye out of Ibrox.

Grimm muffed two punts against the 49ers, withering turnovers that could not have come at a worse time for him.

It was the latest crushing blow to a franchise with a withering track record of losing key players at the most inopportune times.

If we let that promise wither in the heat, all we wrote back then was a press release.