shrivel
verb (used with or without object)
to contract and wrinkle, as from great heat, cold, or dryness.
are shriveling
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present progressiveof shrivel.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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If butterflies lay eggs as plants are shriveling, caterpillars might enter the world with nothing to eat.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
In Egypt, olive crops are shriveling under relentless heat waves.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2022
Temperatures are climbing, shores are flooding, fields are shriveling up.
From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2021
Ferns in other parts of the park are shriveling, too.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 28, 2019
Ferula was right, I thought; I’ve been left all alone and my body and my soul are shriveling up.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
