wither
Example Sentences
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Poor Claire and Solange can only watch limply, as their plans of glorious revenge threaten to wither like the fading flowers surrounding them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Young Joshua trees can be nibbled to death by hungry rabbits and rodents, or wither in drought, disease or fire.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
We do need to eliminate poverty for older Americans, but the answer lies in strengthening SSI, which has been allowed to wither on the vine.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026
For Bienvenu, the reliance on AI in the creative process is dangerous because it risks allowing the imagination to wither.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
It is the reason why our children go hungry and our grandmothers wither and our crops are so often doomed to fail.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
Vocabulary lists containing wither
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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100 SAT words Beginning with W,X,Y, and Z
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