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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Markets are focused on the rupee as it dwindles toward the psychological breakwater of 100 to the dollar.
From Barron's ● May 21, 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
“We know that February on, our export pace for soybeans dwindles to zero,” Roose said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
By evening the voice dwindles to a croaking.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
