Example Sentences

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Mountain lions’ numbers have been dwindling as healthy lions get killed by vehicles while trying to access other areas, experts say.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Long-term records of flow volume from nearby stream gauges show streamflows have been dwindling with warming temperatures and smaller snowpacks, suggesting smaller water volumes could explain the higher metal concentrations.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2024

The list of new vehicles available with a manual transmission have been dwindling year after year.

From The Verge • Aug. 8, 2022

The Himalayan nation is experiencing its highest inflation in six years and foreign exchange reserves have been dwindling fast with soaring import costs for essential goods.

From Reuters • Jul. 31, 2022

But ever since, that asset seemed to have been dwindling; and now he was almost beginning to despair. 

From The Man by Stoker, Bram