wither , also: wither away

But each has either withered or given way to other problems.

He is really dead now, and will wither very quickly.

Though a young man, he started to wither, and died within the year!

But as a technology, nuclear power seems to be withering.

And that will not wither until death do take me.

Others seemed to have withered and died where they stood.

It may be difficult to wither in the public eye.

Their relationship has withered under the pressure of a long wait.

That average, however, has withered in the second and third months.

I should wither up and die inside if he did.

He would have withered inside long ago had there not been this to return to.

Will he wither before us in a way to change our future behavior?

If anything happened to him, her heart would wither and die.

More than two years she withered from the cancer, but I never came.

Most patients back home were left to wither and die.

She sent him a look designed to wither a man.

Once their wings were no longer used, they withered away.

Maybe we'll wither and die in another few days, he thought.

The women were heavy but withered by time and environment.

He withered those who tried to aim from the open.

If we have no sense of community, the American dream will continue to wither.

She could feel herself withering a bit more with the passing of every second.

The flowers open for only one night and wither the following day.

By 1995, that healthy number had withered to 13.8 percent.

But when the cold war ended, many of those jobs withered away.