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verb

dwindle

become smaller or lose substance

In a sentence

Six example sentences with dwindle, each labelled with its topic.

  • The glacier's meltwater stream will dwindle to a trickle by August, leaving the valley farms bidding for well permits.

    Environment

  • Cash reserves dwindled through the winter until payroll depended on whether two invoices arrived before the end of February.

    Business

  • Supplies dwindle as the storm circle closes, and most squads end the round scrambling for a single medical kit.

    Gaming

  • Her savings dwindled during the two years of unemployment until only the emergency fund was left.

    Finance

  • The town's workforce dwindled as the young left for the cities, and the last factory closed in 2019.

    Economics

  • The party's majority dwindled through a series of by-election losses until a single vote could topple the government.

    Politics

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