shriveled
Example Sentences
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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 • Nov. 10, 2025
He is a shriveled husk devoid of empathy.
From Salon • May 29, 2025
The Mountain Fire had scorched some of the fruit, leaving it shriveled or in ashes.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024
His flesh has shrunk and shriveled, life reduced to little more than a thin mask over an imminent death.
From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2024
It feels like there’s a fist inside of my chest, squeezing my heart so hard that it’s shriveled to the size of a raisin.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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