Dwindle (Verb)
Meaning
Become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The water supply began to dwindle as the drought entered its tenth month.
- With the rise of digital media, the readership of print newspapers has steadily dwindled over the years.
- Her motivation to continue the project dwindle once she faced a series of setbacks.
- As the economy struggled to recover, the country's international influence slowly began to dwindle.
- Years of neglect and lack of maintenance had caused the once-thriving garden to dwindle to almost nothing.