dwindle
Americanverb
Related Words
See decrease.
Other Word Forms
- undwindling adjective
Etymology
Origin of dwindle
1590–1600; dwine (now dial.) to waste away ( Middle English; Old English dwīnan; cognate with Middle Dutch dwīnen to languish, Old Norse dvīna to pine away) + -le
Example Sentences
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The event felt poorly organized and vendors received little communication ahead of the convention that only dwindled as the weekend went on, she said.
From Los Angeles Times
Fuel prices have soared, public transport has dwindled and some airlines have suspended flights to Cuba, hitting the country's fragile economy.
From Barron's
"Because they're seabirds, they have one egg every year, and if they don't get those birds away, the numbers are going to dwindle very, very quickly."
From BBC
No oil has arrived since January 9, hitting the power sector while public transport has dwindled and airlines curtailed flights to the island, a blow to the all-important tourism sector.
From Barron's
Analysts say that most large companies have two to four weeks of petrochemical inventories, but that is going to dwindle in late March.
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