dwindle
to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
to fall away, as in quality; degenerate.
to make smaller and smaller; cause to shrink: Failing health dwindles ambition.
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- un·dwin·dling, adjective
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How to use dwindle in a sentence
Google, though, seems to be gaining more control over the auction as transparency and data have dwindled down over the years.
Google might have to subsidize journalism, but not like this… | George Nguyen | February 10, 2021 | Search Engine LandI imagine them bumping around, lost without crowded indoor spaces to breed in, thwarted by vaccine-boosted immune cells, unable to find a host, dwindling, going, gone.
Why Opening Restaurants Is Exactly What the Coronavirus Wants Us to Do | Caroline Chen | February 6, 2021 | ProPublicaThat’s enough for the snowpack to be dwindling in most spots.
PM Update: Cold tonight under clearer skies, then it turns milder Thursday | Ian Livingston | February 3, 2021 | Washington PostAt some point, they might consider whether the search for a dwindling electorate is all that helpful for their survival.
Consumers are increasingly purchasing digital versions of games on platforms such as Xbox Live and the PlayStation Store, leaving GameStop with both a dwindling supply and dampened demand for used video games.
Despite record stock surge, GameStop is still struggling to stay afloat | Abha Bhattarai, Taylor Telford | February 1, 2021 | Washington Post
While public interest in Ebola continues to dwindle, the epidemic itself continues to soar.
As the holidays approach, Hohlfelder worries that concern will further dwindle.
For most of us, whether or not Nico is missing or dead would seem irrelevant as the days left dwindle.
If the money starts to dwindle, then Snyder will do something.
The Native Americans Who Voted for ‘The Fighting Sioux’ | Evan Weiner | June 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTerror continues to win as our civil liberties continue to dwindle.
With either Mr. Shepard or Mr. Low elected, Tammany would dwindle—as one now beholds it—to be a third-rate influence.
The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 | VariousThe excessive military spirit of the inhabitants had begun to dwindle, as England's interest required.
The Canadian Dominion | Oscar D. SkeltonThe island glided further and further away from the cliffs, and he watched the waterfall dwindle away to a streak and disappear.
The Piebald Hippogriff | Karen AndersonSome of these dwindle away soon enough—or perhaps not quite soon enough; some of them increase and become permanent and beautiful.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska | Charles Warren StoddardThis original may dwindle by circumstances, so as to become not a purpose of the second or even the third magnitude.
British Dictionary definitions for dwindle
/ (ˈdwɪndəl) /
to grow or cause to grow less in size, intensity, or number; diminish or shrink gradually
Origin of dwindle
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