dwindle
verb (used without object)
to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away.
was dwindling
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past progressiveof dwindle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“Everyone contributes here, everyone’s valued, everyone feels like they’re a part of it,” said left winger Taylor Hall, a one-time NHL MVP whose career was dwindling until he was traded to the Hurricanes in 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
It was a bet on local news at a time when the press corps at the statehouse in Trenton, New Jersey, was dwindling, and papers even in wealthy towns were shrinking.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
And that absence, he said, was the real reason the church was crumbling: because the village’s population was dwindling and there were few left to look after it anymore.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2022
It was a secure, well-paid, office role, but he found that his enthusiasm was dwindling.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2021
I knew he was completely out of strike funds and the commodity food from the state was dwindling.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
