wither
Example Sentences
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If the mercury is going to hit 100 degrees and wind is picking up — and in previous years that led to withering flowers — that will guide the prediction.
From Los Angeles Times
How are you going to fly two withering, highly contagious people from Africa to America without killing them or infecting others on the plane?
He raised his muzzle to catch the scents wafting from the valley: some jays and a few stale elk droppings; several storm-broken spruce; lots of willow herb and withered blueberries.
From Literature
Attorney for the District of Columbia, and federal Judge James Boasberg did so in withering fashion.
Government forces would either have to expose themselves to withering attacks in an attempt to reclaim the territory or allow an ever-increasing area to come under dissident control and armed infiltration across the country.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
