wilt

Players who do well in smaller cities often wilt when they arrive in the Big Apple.

Without one, no matter what the statistics said, Judge would never shed his reputation as a superstar who wilted when the lights shined brightest.

While Guy basks in professional success, Rosemary begins to wilt, enduring intense pain and flashbacks to a nightmare she had on the night of conception.

But in France, that optimism appears to be wilting.

Unlike me, with my sad little balcony lined with wilted pots of herbs, he had proper outdoor space — and a neighbor whose blackberry bush slouched lazily over the fence, heavy with fruit.