DWINDLE in a Sentence
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34 example sentences for DWINDLE, such as:
1. And so the story dwindled away.
2. Supplies of coal are dwindling fast.
3. The elephant population is dwindling.
4. The space between dwindled to an insignificant distance.
5. Principles dwindle and pale in your constitutional cellar.
2. Supplies of coal are dwindling fast.
3. The elephant population is dwindling.
4. The space between dwindled to an insignificant distance.
5. Principles dwindle and pale in your constitutional cellar.
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Meanings and Examples of DWINDLE
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dwindle
v. shrink; reduce in size; become less
Classic Sentence: (25 in 2 pages)
1 I remarked this in Peggotty, too, when she came down; and I have seen it since; and I think, in the expectation of that dread surprise, all other changes and surprises dwindle into nothing.
2 Then it was that I began, if I may so Shakespearianly express myself, to dwindle, peak, and pine.
3 And now for an instant the men stood, their rifles slack in their hands, and watched the regiment dwindle.
4 Principles dwindle and pale in your constitutional cellar.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER IV—THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFE MUSAIN
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER IV—THE BACK ROOM OF THE CAFE MUSAIN
5 At times the school would dwindle away, and I would start out.
6 In its light everything else dwindled and fell away from her.
7 Carol's hero-worship dwindled to polite nodding, and the nodding dwindled to a desire to escape, and she went home with a headache.
8 His confident voice dwindled to a bewildered murmur, ceaseless and racking.
9 The firing dwindled from an uproar to a last vindictive popping.
10 The space between dwindled to an insignificant distance.
11 One by one the numbers dwindled down, and still there came no sign of him.
12 And so the story dwindled away.
13 Below these in force, above them in pitch, a dwindled voice strove hard at a husky tune, which was the peculiar local sound alluded to.
14 No one came to talk to her, and one by one the group dwindled away till she was left alone.
15 As the six evenings had dwindled away, to five, to four, to three, to two, I had become more and more appreciative of the society of Joe and Biddy.
Example Sentence:
1 The food in the life boat gradually had to dwindle away to nothing; in the end, they ate the ship's cook.
2 The community has dwindled to a tenth of its former size in the last two years.
3 Her savings has dwindled away over the years as the result of her extravagance.
4 In the past, companies with sloppy approaches have been able to count on their customers' lack of interest in cybersecurity which has dwindled over the years despite a succession of hacking scandals.
5 High log prices and dwindling timber supply are driving the crisis in the forestry industry that has kneecapped the economy.
6 According to one wag, the Court in Chatham is probably the only place in the town centre doing a brisk business, yet even here, footfall is dwindling.
7 A dwindling fan base in turn jeopardises the lucrative sponsorships that drive revenue.
8 Supplies of coal are dwindling fast.
9 The elephant population is dwindling.