Dwindling (Adjective)
Meaning
Gradually decreasing until little remains.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The team's dwindling funds meant they had to cut back on equipment and travel expenses.
- As the hours passed, the crowd's energy was replaced by a dwindling sense of enthusiasm.
- After a decade of research, scientists reported that the species' population was dwindling alarmingly.
- Despite conservation efforts, the forest's dwindling trees and plant life posed a major environmental threat.
- By the late stages of the conflict, the defending army's dwindling resources were evident in their diminished defenses.