"dwindle to", "dwindle into" or "dwindle in"?
By the early 19th century it had dwindled to almost nothing. |
Their numbers have dwindled to fewer than 30, and I was sad to see several faces missing from last year. |
By the autumn of 1984, industrial action by other unions in support of the strike had dwindled to nothing. |
Three years later that number had dwindled to thirty-five and rates of pay to less than half a cent a word. |
Neither the TUC nor the Labour Party endorsed the strike and the support of other unions dwindled to nothing by the autumn of 1984. |
Almost all the government officers in the district are locals, and the Jaffna trading establishments have dwindled to only a handful. |
Their role is currently codified by a post-1945 law that gives them enormous influence, even though their membership has dwindled to a mere 8 percent of employees. |
The calls have dwindled in number quite drastically now, I maybe get called once a month or so. |
With the vulture population dwindling in Vadodara, many in this community are preferring cremation as the final rite for their loved ones. |
Maryknoll's physical presence will continue to dwindle in numbers in the year's to come as we move in other directions and toward other labors in God's Kingdom. |
Leftism, crime, and poverty would dwindle into virtually nothing. |
Salisbury was a large and important town in the Middle Ages but by 1700 it had dwindled into a medium sized market town. |
I hope I would have tha courage to deal with whatever was dealt but I couldn't bear to dwindle into Alzheimers which happened to my loved brother. |
Its critics, during the second decade of the twentieth century, dwindled into a despised and detested sect suspected of nursing an anti-national heresy. |
The firm had been in the hands of the receiver for 9 months &; the workforce had dwindled from 240 to 57. |
Malaysia's exports dwindled by 14. |
The area of Zi? rat, Baluchistan, has juniper forests that are believed to be 5,000 years old; however, they are dwindling due to deforestation. |
A generation ago, their numbers had dwindled because of hunting and development, and the animals were only found in the most remote mountains and coastal swamps. |
It is a credit to our farmers and ranchers who have met demand, increasing production while farmland has dwindled over the years. |