Dwindle Away (Verb)
Meaning
Become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- As the days go by, their patience will dwindle away to almost nothing.
- The resources available to the team have started to dwindle away due to poor management.
- If we keep relying on credit cards, our finances will dwindle away in no time.
- Without jobs, the village population began to dwindle away over time.
- His motivation started to dwindle away as the years dragged on and the project didn't come to fruition.