All 7 Uses of
wither
in
Red Prophet
- Send in Corporal Withers and four soldiers, at once.†
Chpt 1
- It wasn't thirty seconds before the soldiers were there, Corporal Withers saluting and saying, "Yes, sir, General Harrison.†
Chpt 1
- " Corporal Withers obeyed instantly, pausing only to say, "Yes sir, General Harrison.†
Chpt 1
- What a pompous-- But Harrison was talking to Withers again, and looking at Hooch as he did so.†
Chpt 1
- It got worse, though, and he cussed again when Withers marched him right across the stockade, stark naked, and didn't give him so much as a blanket when he locked him into a storage room.†
Chpt 1
- Bonaparte's condescending attitude was outrageous, but before Frederic could utter the withering retort that was just on the tip of his tongue, La Fayette laughed aloud.
Chpt 3 *withering = intended to humiliate
- But hidden within it was the entire text of both Napoleon's and Frederic's letters, to be published to withering effect as soon as the news of French defeat reached Paris.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
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(wither) to shrivel (wrinkle and contract -- usually from lack of water)
or:
to become weaker; or feel humiliated