All 3 Uses of
dwindle
in
The War of the Worlds
- Anyone coming along the road from Chobham or Woking would have been amazed at the sight—a dwindling multitude of perhaps a hundred people or more standing in a great irregular circle, in ditches, behind bushes, behind gates and hedges, saying little to one another and that in short, excited shouts, and staring, staring hard at a few heaps of sand.†
Chpt 1.4
- The fires had dwindled now.†
Chpt 1.11 *
- While the rest of the body dwindled, the hands would grow larger.†
Chpt 2.2
Definition:
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(dwindle) to decrease -- in count or substance