shrivel

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

Hanwha plans to pump $5 billion into the site, hoping to rebuild a shipbuilding workforce and supply ecosystem that has largely shriveled away.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Salon

Badenoch said the prime minister had "shrivelled" from leadership and called on him to apologise to Epstein's victims.

From BBC

But some Labour figures wonder if as many as 80 more could choose not to officially back anyone, shrivelling the electorate.

From BBC