shriveled
Example Sentences
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In fact, fundraising for private-equity, venture-capital and other nontraded funds has shriveled, and their portfolios are glutted with thousands of unsold companies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
The Mountain Fire had scorched some of the fruit, leaving it shriveled or in ashes.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024
That's when his amazing, formidable personality cult shriveled.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 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
I’ve shriveled up into a small, frightened child.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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