withered

Within a decade, the California GOP had largely withered away in Sacramento as the state became more diverse.

Without those jobs, whole communities withered, leaving swaths of rural Americans without economic opportunity or social support.

Her career continued to grow after the wedding — she tried out new sounds with the Chainsmokers and Halsey and cut successful country duets with Shania Twain and Kenny Chesney — yet her relationship with Evans eventually withered.

Her descent into darkness symbolized the harbinger of fall, when crops gradually withered.

Eventually its writers shifted Pure Evil’s focus and that of Kevin’s parents to an emphasis on their withered ability to connect with their son’s old-fashioned penchant for reading and learning.