Sentence example with the word 'shrivel'

shrivel

age, burn, dehumidify, dry, fade away, grow old, parch, shake, sun, turn gray, wilt

Definition v. wither

Last update: July 3, 2017


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Excessive heat has shrivelled the apples.   [adjective]

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There is no need to remove them, they just shrivel during cooking.   [adjective]

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If some of the spots are particularly bothersome, they can be made to shrivel up by using a laser or pinpoint cautery.   [verb]

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Then her deformed face began to tremble and shrivel, and she feebly pushed me back.   [verb]

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Pretty soon a spider went crawling up my shoulder, and I flipped it off and it lit in the candle; and before I could budge it was all shriveled up.   [verb]

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The man on the floor would shrivel up and say, "Oh, please don't, Bill; I hain't ever goin' to tell."   [verb]

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Radburn entered, bringing with him, on a tin plate, a piece of shriveled fried pork, a slice of bread and a cup of water.   [verb]

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And if ever after he dared to presume she could give him one look of measured scorn that would make him shrivel up on the spot.   [verb]

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Her face had shriveled, her upper lip had sunk in, and her eyes were dim.   [verb]

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Then they dressed him in uniform with his decorations and placed his shriveled little body on a table.   [verb]

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Near them, in an armchair, sat a thin, shriveled, old woman, with a meek expression on her childlike face.   [verb]

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