Example Sentences

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She parted some creosote branches to reveal a shriveled shrub, just ankle-high.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

All she can point to is a garage stuffed with throw pillows, remnants of her shriveled dream to design interior spaces for affluent clients.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

A survey of hundreds of Barclays online brokerage clients during the 2008-09 financial crisis found that their willingness to take risk shriveled as the stock market crashed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

His flesh has shrunk and shriveled, life reduced to little more than a thin mask over an imminent death.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2024

I was not going to end up like my Grandma, fearful and shriveled.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson