Two days later, the number who met the criteria began to dwindle sharply, and near a week on, five days had passed without another name being added to their small books.

The sound of hoofs dwindled sharply down the track towards the sea.

The number of applicants also dwindled sharply, from a high of 1,290 in 1975 to 863 in 1982.

Most of the food aid that reaches the city comes through the airport and the prolonged shutdown as winter approaches has caused food stocks to dwindle sharply and food prices to increase.

The flow of contributions to Gov. George E. Pataki's Virginia-based political action committee dwindled sharply in the last quarter of 2005, continuing a trend that began last summer, when New York's governor announced that he would not seek a fourth term.

The number dwindled sharply after the Oslo Agreement in 1993, when it seemed that peace with the Palestinians was at hand, and picked up again when violent events proved that hope to have been premature.

The number of Chinese seamen (who mainly worked as stokers) dwindled sharply during the Depression and the subsequent decline of coal-fired intercontinental shipping after the Second World War.

Already the numbers are dwindling sharply.

He transferred his flag by destroyer to the smaller battleship Mondor, but his messages of command dwindled sharply after the incident-Collingswood guessed that the Leaguer Admiral was either gravely wounded or perhaps dead.