dwindle
verb (used without object)
to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away.
dwindles
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present tense formof dwindle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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As AI models grow more sophisticated, the need for additional authoritative data on which to train them has become more urgent—even as the supply of undigested, commercially available writing dwindles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
But chances of finding anyone alive beneath deep rubble dwindles rapidly after a critical 72-hour window for rescuing trapped people.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
As time dwindles, the Internal Revenue Service has received over 1 million fewer income-tax returns compared to the same point a year ago.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
In public health terms, elimination means that a disease has become rare enough, and immunity to it widespread enough, that local transmission dwindles quickly if a case or two emerges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
‘He is lost. We must ride without him, and our hope dwindles.’
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
