dwindle

Example Sentences

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As the days pass and fuel supplies dry up, the number of taxis cruising the streets of Havana has dwindled.

From Barron's

"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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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