withering

Disney was facing withering pressure on multiple fronts.

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.

But he draws resilience from his recent music, which evokes the gigantic accomplishments and withering abuse Robinson faced as the first Black player in Major League Baseball.