wither

Example Sentences

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We do need to eliminate poverty for older Americans, but the answer lies in strengthening SSI, which has been allowed to wither on the vine.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

For Bienvenu, the reliance on AI in the creative process is dangerous because it risks allowing the imagination to wither.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

But it would have been wrong to think support for independence would wither away.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Promising academic science can wither if researchers can’t fund the experiments to validate it, a phase often called the valley of death.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

He hadn’t intended for us to wither into desiccated husks in front of brightly lit screens that leeched away our summer days one meme at a time.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson