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
In part, that’s due to a “recognition of dwindling trust in other establishment bodies,” Cookson said.
‘Emotions are so heightened’: Why the election fallout hammers home the need for marketers to act responsibly | Lara O'Reilly | November 9, 2020 | DigidayLetting a species or variety dwindle to just a few individuals is a conservation nightmare.
How passion, luck and sweat saved some of North America’s rarest plants | Susan Milius | November 5, 2020 | Science NewsSo, once Rouches gets it up the winding highway, she usually stays for a while—or at least until the storm cycle dwindles.
This Skier's Ride to the Mountain? Her 30-Year-Old Van. | Outside Editors | November 4, 2020 | Outside OnlineThe value of a Jiko account isn’t the potential for high yields—a dwindling fintech battleground amid the Fed’s slashing of interest rates—but the peace of mind in knowing one’s funds are secured with government debt.
Jiko raises $40 million to become a most unusual challenger bank | rhhackettfortune | October 29, 2020 | FortuneStill, others argue that preserving snow days is the least schools can do to keep at least one of the dwindling number of school-year rituals intact.
New Jersey school district pledges to protect at least one ritual from pandemic upheaval: The snow day | Kim Bellware | October 29, 2020 | Washington Post
After two decades of dwindling influence, NATO is refreshed and energized by the growing threat on its eastern flank.
In Wild Ones, you talk about the dwindling numbers of several species.
Mississippi Hippos, Teddy Bears, and Other Strange Beasts | Scott Porch | July 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey can exacerbate splits within a ruling leadership, foment popular unrest, or expedite a dwindling current account.
Think thirtysomething single women are the only ones stressed about their dwindling options for marriage and kids?
High Manxiety: Thirtysomething Men Are The New Neurotic Singles | Hannah Seligson | May 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe yakuza are dwindling from public view: it will be a long time before they are really gone---if ever.
Where Have Japan’s Yakuza Gone? | Jake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky | March 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe winged species would have ruled over the world, instead of dwindling away in impossibility of development.
Urania | Camille FlammarionTheir fighting force was steadily dwindling and now their ammunition was running out.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramThe dwindling crowd on shore waved and shouted, and I went off alone and directly rubbed against some fresh white paint.
Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 1/2 | Ida May Hill StarrThe bolt piles grew; they were hurled swiftly down the chute into the dwindling river, rafted to the mill.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairHow was he to pay up the liabilities of his bank shares from his dwindling practice?
A Houseful of Girls | Sarah Tytler
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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