shrivel

More frequently, his crops shrivel before they can be harvested.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

He starts the film at a speed-dating event where, in a great montage, he disappoints a procession of dewy singletons who shrivel up when this hunk comes across as cold and rude.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025

Only a few short weeks after we carried the luscious green plant into our new home, its protruding branches and leaves started to shrivel.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2024

His wife, Stephanie Allen, who cares for him, said it is hard to watch her husband, the commercial helicopter pilot, the veteran Hollywood crew member, shrivel in front of the TV.

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2024

Pinpoints of light swell, sparkle, burst and shrivel within it, countless as stars.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

As the process unfolds, the cell's nucleus, which contains its genetic material, gradually shrivels before ultimately breaking apart.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

When the home lineup is daunting, as well, the overall margin for error shrivels.

From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2024

That’s because dehydration shrivels and distorts tissues, but frozen organs mostly keep their shape.

From National Geographic ● Aug. 7, 2023

But West shines, first as a woman in love then as one who shrivels into seething disillusion when her career stalls while her husband’s blossoms.

From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2022

The possibility of being the favorite shrivels like a dying flower.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

San Juan's once-sparkling rivers have shriveled due to drought, and residents in the rugged, western Argentine province fear that prospective mining projects in the Andes will make matters worse.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

In fact, fundraising for private-equity, venture-capital and other nontraded funds has shriveled, and their portfolios are glutted with thousands of unsold companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

We, on the other hand, will be long gone by then, shriveled by some far more minor cataclysm like the fragile little primates we are.

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2025

My right eye is lazy, shriveled and blind; it moves like an out-of-control marble circling a drain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024

And that’s certainly what she looked like when I first saw her, so shriveled and weak and vulnerable, her skin pale and paper-thin over her cheekbones, her hair creamy white against the pillows.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

"A healthy plant would have 70 to 80 grains. This one will produce 10," she said, pointing to one shrivelled shoot.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

In the corner of one stall, we see what looks like a saucepan lid full of shrivelled, straw-coloured fruit bats.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2023

The current account surplus has shrivelled and the budget deficit is widening, despite hefty drawdowns from a rainy-day fund.

From Reuters ● Feb. 15, 2023

The drought has laid waste to the Somali countryside, leaving crops shrivelled and the scrublands dotted with the corpses of emaciated livestock.

From Reuters ● Dec. 13, 2022

The sullen shrivelled leaves of a past year hung on them, grating and rattling in the sad airs, but their maggot-ridden buds were only just opening.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

By diversifying its exposure across many autocallables and a range of maturity dates, an ETF can mitigate most of the risks of shrinking income or shriveling principal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

But the oversized airport was a bleak metaphor for a city that was once more bustling and then got let down—first by the shriveling of the steel business, then by USAir itself.

From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025

Is queer humanity just a transitory circus in years of flourishing and a graveyard in years of shriveling?

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2025

Separately, the same high pressure system compounded by scarce Alpine snow melt this year has been a factor for the shriveling of lakes and rivers in northern Italy in recent weeks.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2023

The curtain dropped away, and in the mirror I saw my hands shriveling, curling, growing long delicate claws.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

It was condemned by international rights groups as a symbol of Hong Kong's shrivelling press freedoms.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

They say investment in the North Sea is shrivelling fast, with knock-on effects in refinery and chemical plant closures.

From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025

While the bank had been preparing markets for a further stimulus cut at its March 10 meeting, rate hike bets are shrivelling.

From Reuters ● Mar. 1, 2022

He blamed the sunny, dry spring shrivelling up their clover food plant.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2020

As she spoke I could see her husband’s face darken and draw together, as though the passion in him were shrivelling his being to its core.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker