shrivel
verb (used with or without object)
to contract and wrinkle, as from great heat, cold, or dryness.
were 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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As she spoke I could see her husband’s face darken and draw together, as though the passion in him were shrivelling his being to its core.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
By August the leaves were yellow and many were shrivelling.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934 by Northern Nut Growers Association
The moss that thatched the red banks was burned, and all the ferns were shrivelling up.
From Lewis Rand by Mary Johnston
