shrivel
verb (used with or without object)
to contract and wrinkle, as from great heat, cold, or dryness.
was shrivelling
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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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Some such flame as was shrivelling the letter seemed to leap across his face.
From A Romance of Wastdale by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
This continued inaction on their part was incomprehensible; for summer had faded to autumn, autumn was shrivelling into winter--it was almost too late to expect assistance now.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
By the tenth day her last cocoanut was gone, and she was shrivelling from thirst.
From South Sea Tales by Jack London
As she had watched the paper burn, as she had seen Athena's delicate, graceful monogram vanish in the flame, Jane had felt as if her heart was shrivelling up with it.
From Jane Oglander by Marie Belloc Lowndes
She was shrivelling up in some unaccountable way.
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Elizabeth Robins
