wither

Example Sentences

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The company has argued that it should no longer be bound by a 100-year lease initially signed in 1991 with Sears, long a retail giant but a company that has since withered.

From Reuters

Others leave their properties to relatives who refuse to sell family land out of respect for their elders, leaving the house to wither.

From Seattle Times

Nature and civilization bloom and wither side by side.

From Washington Post

The work has been complicated by travel conditions: Roadways throughout the basin remain underwater, and access to and from Corcoran has withered to just two routes.

From Los Angeles Times

But Amy's marriage is withering as her plant business thrives, and Danny's efforts to establish himself as a contractor have netted him next to nothing, save for bouts of suicidal ideation.

From Salon