All 11 Uses of
wither
in
Tuesdays with Morrie
- Because Morrie sat in the wheelchair, the camera never caught his withered legs.
Chpt 4 *withered = shriveled (shrunken and weakened)
- Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left?†
Chpt 2
- He would not wither.†
Chpt 2
- Nurses came to his house to work with Morrie's withering legs, to keep the muscles active, bending them back and forth as if pumping water from a well.†
Chpt 2
- I watched his strong body wither, then bloat, saw him suffer, night after night, doubled over at the dinner table, pressing on his stomach, his eyes shut, his mouth contorted in pain.†
Chpt 3
- But Morrie, this new, withered version of a man I had once known so well, was smiling at the car, hands folded in his lap, waiting for me to emerge.†
Chpt 5
- He was spending less and less time in the kitchen or living room and more in his study, where he had a large reclining chair set up with pillows, blankets, and specially cut pieces of foam rubber that held his feet and gave support to his withered legs.†
Chpt 9
- That bugs me, that they want to wait until you wither.†
Chpt 19
- I hated the idea of Morrie's lying in bed under any circumstances (his last aphorism, "When you're in bed, you're dead," rang in my ears), and curled on his side, he was so small, so withered, it was more a boy's body than a man's.†
Chpt 21
- It was withering to useless skin and bones anyhow, which made it easier to let go.†
Chpt 24
- The lump of his form was so withered that I almost thought there was something missing.†
Chpt 25
Definitions:
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(1)
(wither as in: wither on the vine) to shrivel (wrinkle and contract -- usually from lack of water)
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(2)
(wither as in: her confidence withered) to become weaker--sometimes to get smaller and disappear
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much less commonly, Withers can be a last name.