shrivel
verb (used with or without object)
to contract and wrinkle, as from great heat, cold, or dryness.
had shriveled
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past perfectof shrivel.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In 2020-21, the state share had shriveled to $6,450, or 35% of the cost.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
Crude prices that had shriveled in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic suddenly swelled, and are now 37 percent higher than they were a year ago.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022
My eyes had shriveled to raisins; all I could see were tears in a queue patiently awaiting their drop, an infinity pool of anguish.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
Pieces of the upper deck have been hacked away until the 91,000-seat stadium had shriveled to 73,000.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 15, 2015
According to him, a majority of the cancer victims who’d been prayed for were out whooping it up on the town, while their counterparts in the control group had shriveled up and died.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
