dwindle
Example Sentences
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"I used to have more than 150 people coming to train here daily. That number has now dwindled to 15. A lot of people are not coming because they are afraid," he said.
From BBC
The company’s cash reserves dwindled to less than $30 million, and its debts climbed into the hundreds of millions.
Savers may be spared the indignity of seeing the returns on their cash dwindle to near nothing - although institutions sometimes don't need an excuse to reduce savings rates.
From BBC
To their horror, the creek dwindled to a trickle, then dried up altogether.
From Literature
First Brands, which filed for bankruptcy in September, has been scrambling to secure additional financing to keep operating as cash quickly dwindled.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
