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
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
It’s turbocharging the runaway market leader, leaving the other studios’ streaming services to wither on the vine.
From Slate • Dec. 6, 2025
This is what I get for trying to keep from having to watch your life wither and die on the vine in this stupid little town.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
Vocabulary lists containing wither
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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100 SAT words Beginning with W,X,Y, and Z
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