shrivel

It was only in the 1990s that Germany began to let its defense industry shrivel again as it diverted spending toward the welfare state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

He starts the film at a speed-dating event where, in a great montage, he disappoints a procession of dewy singletons who shrivel up when this hunk comes across as cold and rude.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025

Only a few short weeks after we carried the luscious green plant into our new home, its protruding branches and leaves started to shrivel.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2024

"I thought I was going to shrivel away to nothing," Balsamico told Grist.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2024

“May I ask why you never participate in sim tests?” he said, and I felt my insides shrivel a bit.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

As the process unfolds, the cell's nucleus, which contains its genetic material, gradually shrivels before ultimately breaking apart.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

That’s because dehydration shrivels and distorts tissues, but frozen organs mostly keep their shape.

From National Geographic ● Aug. 7, 2023

But at harvest, at the right time on the right grapes, the right type of botrytis shrivels the grapes to concentrate the juice.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021

Its life is a matter of hours; in the light of day, it retreats and shrivels, a ball gown turned to rags.

From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2021

The possibility of being the favorite shrivels like a dying flower.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

San Juan's once-sparkling rivers have shriveled due to drought, and residents in the rugged, western Argentine province fear that prospective mining projects in the Andes will make matters worse.

From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026

All she can point to is a garage stuffed with throw pillows, remnants of her shriveled dream to design interior spaces for affluent clients.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

A survey of hundreds of Barclays online brokerage clients during the 2008-09 financial crisis found that their willingness to take risk shriveled as the stock market crashed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

In fact, fundraising for private-equity, venture-capital and other nontraded funds has shriveled, and their portfolios are glutted with thousands of unsold companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026

Inside were half a dozen shriveled brown objects, looking more like dried-up kidneys than real stones.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

We walk on, through a field of potatoes, the plants shrivelled to nothing and lying brown on the soil.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

"A healthy plant would have 70 to 80 grains. This one will produce 10," she said, pointing to one shrivelled shoot.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

The current account surplus has shrivelled and the budget deficit is widening, despite hefty drawdowns from a rainy-day fund.

From Reuters ● Feb. 15, 2023

Exports - a key source of revenue for Koblevo and other big wineries - have shrivelled due to the blockade of Ukraine's Black Sea ports.

From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2022

Master William Twyti turned out in daylight to be a shrivelled, harassed-looking man, with an expression of melancholy on his face.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

In July, just 2 millimeters of rain fell in East Anglia, drying out fields and shriveling vegetables in one of the U.K.’s breadbaskets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

But the oversized airport was a bleak metaphor for a city that was once more bustling and then got let down—first by the shriveling of the steel business, then by USAir itself.

From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025

EMU’s Rynearson Stadium — capacity 30,200 — sits less than six miles from the University of Michigan, shriveling in The Big House’s massive shadow.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

Depression and other mental health problems can act like weed killer, shriveling these connections and making it harder to function cognitively.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2023

No more shriveling looks of disapproval, at least not tonight.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

It was condemned by international rights groups as a symbol of Hong Kong's shrivelling press freedoms.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

But some Labour figures wonder if as many as 80 more could choose not to officially back anyone, shrivelling the electorate.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025

While the bank had been preparing markets for a further stimulus cut at its March 10 meeting, rate hike bets are shrivelling.

From Reuters ● Mar. 1, 2022

He blamed the sunny, dry spring shrivelling up their clover food plant.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2020

As she spoke I could see her husband’s face darken and draw together, as though the passion in him were shrivelling his being to its core.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker