All 8 Uses
dwindle
in
Alas, Babylon
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- But on this morning, it seemed to Randy that she had dwindled a bit.†
Chpt 1 *dwindled = decreased
- Now the Bragg holdings had dwindled to thirty-six acres, but thirty were planted in prime citrus—navels, mandarins, Valencias, and Temples—all tended and sold in season by the county co-operative.†
Chpt 1
- Now, their numbers had dwindled.†
Chpt 2
- In ten minutes Edgar's optimism dwindled.†
Chpt 5
- So while Fort Repose grew in population, book borrowings dwindled.†
Chpt 8
- With medical supplies dwindling—Dan had already been forced to use most of their reserve—they all had to be careful.†
Chpt 9dwindling = decreasing
- The Germans, in their years of methodical madness, had discovered in their concentration camps that when a man's diet fell below fifteen hundred calories his desire and capacity for all emotions dwindled.†
Chpt 9dwindled = decreased
- He thought of the crabs, and their value dwindled to hors d'ouevres.†
Chpt 12
Definitions:
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(1)
(dwindle) to gradually become smaller, fewer, or weaker
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)