Both Uses of
dwindle
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- Tata Ndu's attention then lapsed for a number of days, during which time we went to church, swallowed our weekly malaria pill, killed another hen from our dwindling flock, and stole turns sneaking into our parents' bedroom to examinine the small carved woman's genitalia.†
Chpt 3dwindling = decreasing
- In the last months our government paychecks have dwindled from almost nothing to nothing.†
Chpt 5 *dwindled = decreased
Definition:
to gradually become smaller, fewer, or weaker