shriveling up

Temperatures are climbing, shores are flooding, fields are shriveling up.

All this heat has a predictable effect on the fruit — it breaks down, it goes soft, and even begins to ferment before shriveling up.

We used to leave notes on smokers’ doorsteps saying, “Excuse me, but did you know your lung cells are shriveling up?”

I thought of us shriveling up like pieces of sliced mangoes.

“Before, we thought retired life would be very dull, just sitting on little stools in the sun and shriveling up and growing old,” said Mr. Zhao.