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variants or shrivelled

shriveled

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verb

variants or shrivelled
past tense of shrivel

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shriveled
Adjective
  • The face that looked back at her in the rearview mirror was gaunt, her skin pale around glassy hazel eyes.
    Glenn E. Rice, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Gone is the gaunt, skeletal vampire of the 1922 film, replaced by a larger, more intimidating, master of the undead with a mustache and deep voice.
    Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Although the outcomes continued to go against them and their chances of making the playoffs evaporated long ago, their effort never waned.
    Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The sheer amount of investment Russia made in Syria has now evaporated.
    Daniel Markind, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The exterior of that building, a large commercial and industrial structure, was scorched by the flames but the firefighters managed to keep that adjacent building from become involved in the blaze.
    George Avalos, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
  • That fire scorched 153,000 acres, destroyed 18,800 structures and killed 85 people.
    Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • However, Assad’s army withered away with hardly a shot being fired in anger, or in Assad’s defense.
    Daniel Markind, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • But the defense surrendered a touchdown on the first drive and withered at critical junctures.
    Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Yet his regime collapsed within days of the start of a coordinated rebel offensive.
    Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The 150ft section of the pier that collapsed, which included a restroom, was being worked on after it had been damaged by storms in the past.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Shriveled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shriveled. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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