shrivel
verb (used with or without object)
to contract and wrinkle, as from great heat, cold, or dryness.
was shriveling
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past progressiveof shrivel.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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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
There had been scarcity in Argentina, and Australian grass was shriveling for want of rain.
From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Harold Bindloss
It seemed to me as though my skin was shriveling up, and every once in awhile the waves of smoke would almost submerge us in their acrid, stifling vapor.
From The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure by Wyn Roosevelt
The witch was shriveling and growing smaller every moment.
From The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The sod cracked, the wheat was shriveling, and although in public men and women made a brave pretense of cheerfulness, in private they brooded over the ruin that threatened them.
From Harding of Allenwood by Harold Bindloss
