wither
Example Sentences
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And Parker, who has not seen his team record a victory since 26 October, delivered a withering assessment of his side's latest showing.
From BBC
Paramount’s amendment follows the Warner board’s withering critique of Paramount’s $30 a share offer, citing numerous risks and uncertainty due to an “opaque” financing structure.
From Los Angeles Times
Connections between regions wither and the brain increasingly relies on individual regions.
She has a withering way of never uttering her former fiancé’s name, referring to him as “a man I met when I was 19.”
Was it possible that my relentless travel had caused me to miscarry — and in a country where I knew women sometimes faced withering criticism and blame for poor pregnancy outcomes?
From Salon
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