withered
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His sharply angular features equally suit a man whose flesh has withered with age and a teenage boy and young adult with a slender, gawky frame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Even the normally lush fields of Somerset withered in the heat.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
When the interests of Silicon Valley diverged from those of the military and intelligence worlds, the connection withered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Yet the league's highest-earning clubs have hardly withered in the face of the challenge from outside the six, and Spurs' pursuit of Newcastle midfielder Sandro Tonali is a reminder of that.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
There was no ale and only one withered apple left, but water flowed in the river hard by, from which John filled the leather flagons.
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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