shrivel
verb (used with or without object)
to contract and wrinkle, as from great heat, cold, or dryness.
had shrivelled
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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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Badenoch said the prime minister had "shrivelled" from leadership and called on him to apologise to Epstein's victims.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025
Each year, we found that the toe of the glacier had shrivelled further.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 8, 2019
The little jokes, the chatter, the inanities of the afternoon had shrivelled up before her eyes.
From The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf
I had shrivelled and starved three years out there in the desert.
From Whispering Smith by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
Already by the end of August the night frosts had shrivelled and blackened foliage of every kind, depriving it of its natural beauty.
From More Tales by Polish Authors by Various
