shrivel
verb (used with or without object)
to contract and wrinkle, as from great heat, cold, or dryness.
shriveling
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present participleof shrivel.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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In July, just 2 millimeters of rain fell in East Anglia, drying out fields and shriveling vegetables in one of the U.K.’s breadbaskets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
But the oversized airport was a bleak metaphor for a city that was once more bustling and then got let down—first by the shriveling of the steel business, then by USAir itself.
From Slate ● Nov. 24, 2025
Is queer humanity just a transitory circus in years of flourishing and a graveyard in years of shriveling?
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2025
If butterflies lay eggs as plants are shriveling, caterpillars might enter the world with nothing to eat.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
But as Raymie stood in Ida Nee’s backyard, next to Louisiana and Beverly, it did not feel like her soul was shriveling at all.
From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo
