How to Use dwindle in a Sentence
dwindle
verb- Our energy dwindled as the meeting dragged on.
- The town's population is dwindling away.
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Waiting days for food The price of dwindling food in Gaza has soared.
— CBS News, 10 Dec. 2023 -
The banks also warned the lift from rates would dwindle this year.
— David Benoit, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023 -
No one likes to look up at the scoreboard and see the numbers dwindling down.
— Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2023 -
That is, of course, why lakes Mead and Powell have dwindled to record lows.
— Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2023 -
Contacts dwindled again during the first years of Biden's term.
— David J. Lynch, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2023 -
At the same time, their numbers have dwindled with age and illness.
— David Chiu, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024 -
By now, that number has dwindled to less than 24 hours.
— Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023 -
One of the concerns of the panelists was the dwindling post-pandemic box office.
— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Dec. 2023 -
Freeform’s scripted roster has dwindled in the past two years.
— Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024 -
The area is home to the dwindling desert tortoise and an endangered plant called the Lane Mountain milk-vetch.
— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024 -
Alaskan oil production has dwindled in the last three decades.
— Reuters, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2023 -
Father Rafael Garcia, the pastor at the church, said the numbers of migrants have dwindled in the past few days.
— Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 14 May 2023 -
Like many volunteer groups across the United States, the Jaycees have dwindled.
— J. David Goodman Desiree Rios, New York Times, 4 May 2024 -
The church, built in 1889, has seen its membership dwindle over the years, and with it the money needed to restore the building.
— Jada Clarke, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2023 -
Though the craft of hat making has dwindled in recent decades, Moore is among a group of milliners still passionate about the work.
— Morgan Evans, Vogue, 4 May 2024 -
In the process, species like the dolphins and the tapirs, were driven from their habitats, their numbers rapidly dwindling.
— Rebecca Shaw, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024 -
But precision takes time, and Thwaites’s time seems to dwindle with each new study.
— Marissa Grunes, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2023 -
Gollan said the window of time to save those trapped under the rubble was rapidly dwindling.
— Aaron Boxerman, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023 -
From here, the daytime TV doctor’s health began to dwindle.
— Ginny Hogan, Men's Health, 6 Apr. 2023 -
Against this background, support for Maduro and the Chavista regime began to dwindle.
— Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 29 July 2024 -
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the Americas and the U.N. and other aid groups say food and water are dwindling.
— Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024 -
The age of running backs able to compete at a high level also appears to be dwindling.
— Aron Solomon, Newsweek, 9 July 2024 -
The company had been, since last year, searching for ways to stay afloat as its cash reserves dwindled.
— Mario Aguilar, STAT, 22 May 2024 -
Sea ice around Antarctica dwindled to near record lows.
— Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, 27 July 2024 -
Looking out at the beach, Sanders explained the complex puzzle that has caused the region to see a dwindling sand supply.
— Laylan Connelly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2024 -
One crisis made worse by the work stoppage is the company’s dwindling supply of cash.
— Melvin Backman, Quartz, 25 Sep. 2024 -
Ultimately, Azerbaijan will also need to adapt to a post-oil economy: The World Bank estimates that the country’s oil reserves will dwindle by mid-century.
— Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024 -
But while their numbers have dwindled, a new generation has come to appreciate these unpretentious dining rooms — and is seeking to keep the tradition alive.
— Austin Bush, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2024
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