How to Use withering in a Sentence

withering

adjective

• She gave me a withering look.
• The book has been the subject of withering criticism.
• The golf pro, who bought the drinks, shoots her a withering look.
  — Tom Chiarella, Popular Mechanics, 14 June 2017
• Most of the best lines in the play come from the withering barbs flung between mother and child.
  — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2017
• Clarkson is the scene-stealer: April has a dry sense of humor, and her withering put-downs get the biggest laughs.
  — Alan Zilberman, chicagotribune.com, 22 Feb. 2018
• The sources said Shine made the request because of withering press coverage of Fox News in recent weeks.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2017
• Withering demand had led brands such as Vacheron Constantin and Cartier to cut jobs.
  — Sarah Syed, Bloomberg.com, 28 Apr. 2017
• His opponents gathered in the streets to denounce him and wrote withering diatribes against him in the press.
  — Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2018
• Trump made his withering remarks ahead of a Cabinet meeting at the White House.
  — Adam Shaw, Fox News, 21 June 2018
• Putting your kids in football would be akin to giving them cigarettes, and leave you to face the withering judgment of your friends and neighbors.
  — John Kass, Alaska Dispatch News, 6 Sep. 2017
• At the time, FourWinds was beginning to unravel with the plunge in oil prices and withering demand for sand.
  — Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Feb. 2018
• But the main culprit of these fires is the Santa Ana winds—powerful, withering gusts of air that lash down from the high desert to the coast nearly every autumn.
  — Laura Bliss, Slate Magazine, 8 Dec. 2017
• McCool, heading back to her car in the withering summer heat outside the casino, worried there was no end to how far Trump might go.
  — David Montero, latimes.com, 24 June 2018
• Well-wishers had been waiting in line in the withering summer heat — the high in Phoenix was 104 degrees — some for hours, to take part in the public viewing on Wednesday.
  — Fox News, 30 Aug. 2018
• My body has changed with my withering muscles, giving me a curved spine and tilted hips from muscles that are too weak to support my frame.
  — Madison Lawson, Teen Vogue, 10 Apr. 2018
• Molly is sincere and guileless, a true foil for steely and withering Katherine.
  — Barbara Vandenburgh, azcentral, 10 June 2019
• As lovely as David is, Kenneth is horrible, withering, quick to judge and more than a little mean.
  — Sarah Dunn, New York Times, 1 June 2018
• The Belgian Malinois is known for being smart, fearless, loyal, and able to withstand the withering heat of the Middle East.
  — National Geographic, 31 Oct. 2019
• Melton, who also endured the withering criticism of the late Harry Caray, now finds himself on the other side of the spotlight as a member of the media.
  — Joe Knowles, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2018
• May's spokesman also stressed that the British leader did not share in her ambassador's withering critiques.
  — William Booth, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2019
• My fellow swappers took one withering glance at my Tupperware full of misshapen blobs and made up their minds.
  — Hilary Cadigan, Bon Appétit, 2 Dec. 2019
• That is one reason why some of them were so withering in their criticism of the course conditions on Saturday.
  — Brian Costa, WSJ, 18 June 2018
• This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice.
  — Rochelle Riley, Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2018
• But parched conditions are not only the result of stingy clouds in April; all of the year so far has been exceptionally withering.
  — Kevin Spear, OrlandoSentinel.com, 26 Apr. 2017
• The capital city is making a comeback after facing a withering debt crisis over the last decade.
  — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2020
• The tech industry, which faced withering scrutiny over its role in the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, had thrown them under the bus.
  — Christine Biederman, WIRED, 18 June 2019
• Indiana, tired possibly from the opening tip Tuesday, looked like a product of that withering stretch against Ohio State.
  — Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 30 Jan. 2018
• But every other candidate quickly looked to score points by taking him out, and Biden spent the better part of the night fighting off their withering attacks.
  — Fox News, 1 Aug. 2019
• Is there a more dismissive or withering insult for art than to call it decorative?
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2019
• Warren, standing at center stage next to Sanders, had a withering response to the criticism from the more centrist candidates who stood to either side.
  — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 31 July 2019

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