shrivelled

Example Sentences

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UK investors' appetite for UK stocks has shrivelled.

From BBC • May 6, 2025

In the corner of one stall, we see what looks like a saucepan lid full of shrivelled, straw-coloured fruit bats.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2023

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

This year's figure was the slowest for the retailer, showing how consumer appetite in the world's second largest economy has been shrivelled by lockdowns to halt the Omicron variant of coronavirus and slowing economic conditions.

From Reuters • Jun. 19, 2022

Master William Twyti turned out in daylight to be a shrivelled, harassed-looking man, with an expression of melancholy on his face.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White