dwindle away

VERB
  1. become smaller or lose substance
    Her savings dwindled down
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How To Use dwindle away In A Sentence

  • the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness
  • I’ve seen many a good title bogged down with comments like: ‘it’s not real if it’s not from Japan’ Perhaps if some authors were quick on the trigger to shoot down that nonsense, immature reviewers might dwindle away…but alas, this is asking for trouble, because even those truly critical of your work will avoiding saying so for fear Rice-Style retribution. Deliver Me From Temptation, Temptation Being Amazon « Whatever
  • Those that adapt and offer good products will thrive from the increased exposure and ancillary revenue streams (even if they’re receiving less from traditional advertising); those that don’t, will cry foul and dwindle away. Is Web Video Really Hurting TV? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
  • I watched the hippies become commodified and turned into hip capitalists — and the punks, you just watched them kind of dwindle away. Boing Boing
  • Or you may take it the other way about, and start from the organisation of fishes; opercular bones are of no use to air-breathing animals, so they dwindle away, and are pressed into the service of the ear, although they are of little use in hearing (p. 46). Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
  • And we've been having our retirement savings put up and we've been using that, but it's begun to kind of dwindle away. Presidents Remarks In Healthcare Conference Call
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