shrivel

It was only in the 1990s that Germany began to let its defense industry shrivel again as it diverted spending toward the welfare state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

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

“Isn’t that just typical,” Maria said.11 We can shrivel up in the heat, but the machines get a first-class hotel room.”

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

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

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

As the Iranian currency, the rial, shrivels in value and people watch their incomes diminish with surging prices, strikes over salary disputes among bus drivers and teachers have also gained traction across the country.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2022

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

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

But his intimidating onyx armor obscures all that, much in the way Darth Vader’s helmet and cloak overcompensate for his shriveled form.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

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

A survey of hundreds of Barclays online brokerage clients during the 2008-09 financial crisis found that their willingness to take risk shriveled as the stock market crashed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

The Mountain Fire had scorched some of the fruit, leaving it shriveled or in ashes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024

He had apparently not noticed Sherman’s shriveled leg or Quentin’s doubtful slouch.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

"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

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

Following consecutive seasons of poor rains, rivers and water pans have dried up and grasslands have shrivelled up in the game reserves.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2022

When taken out of the stocks his skin was cold and shrivelled; there was no perceptible pulsation in the temporal or radial arteries, and he complained of severe cephalgia ...

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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

A rare three-year run of La Niña from 2020 to 2023 was a notable factor in California’s most recent drought, which saw unprecedented water restrictions, shriveling groundwater supplies and record-low levels on the Colorado River.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2024

It was weird to watch his smooth, muscular flesh age, turn a jaundiced yellow, and start shriveling on the bone.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Lai's conviction received international condemnation at the time, with rights groups condemning his punishment as "effectively a death sentence" and a symbol of the city's shrivelling press freedoms.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

Both have since swung back to Labour, but now it confronts a shrivelling neither of those moments touched – the potential of losing Wales.

From BBC ● Dec. 30, 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

The gates of the suburban mausoleum that could soon house Spain’s most restless ghost are decked with a shrivelling bunch of red and yellow carnations, a handful of prayer cards and a cheap, broken crucifix.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2019

Her body curled too; as the weeks turned to months, she shrank into herself like the stiffest of fetuses, shrivelling, her skin sallow and waxy.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen