Sentence examples for our wilting from inspiring English sources
It's not only the last chance many of us will have to breathe some late-summer life into our wilting flora; it happens to be pretty much bang on the 300th anniversary of the birth of Capability Brown, a man whose influence is writ large in English gardens everywhere.
At the same time, I don't think we can ethically leave our sense of citizenship and stewardship at home along with our wilting houseplants.
And it's complicated by the fact that our shared culture the most privileged era and cohort in human existence minus the Clinton I years is almost entirely and equally oriented toward self-improvement and self-denial and self-regard, which means that we are always trying to fake-beatifically refine and restore our wilting husks, while shittily telling everyone we encounter what we're going to do.
We climb two before we relent and help our wilting daughter towards the dangling carrot that has kept her feet moving since breakfast: Rab cake.
Later, waiting for our train, and still wilting in the pounding heat, we sought refuge in a tiny church, where our four-year-old son was riveted by a glass case containing a blood-spattered, life-size figure of the crucified Christ.
The battle to stop drugs crossing our borders has wilted, as authorities have become increasingly overwhelmed, outwitted and under-resourced.
When we can't say "No," we become a sponge for the feelings of everyone around us and we eventually become saturated by the needs of everyone else while our own hearts wilt and die.
In our study, Verticillium wilt resistance of 45 hpa1 Xoo -transformed T-34 plants inoculated with V. dahliae strains Vdps and V151 was assessed 10 days after the inoculation based on the degree of the foliar damage and vascular discoloration as described in the material and method.
It's humbling to us seniors to acknowledge our declining physical appeal, often manifest in wilting muscularity and Chicken Little Facial Skin (as in 'The Sky is Falling!).
Our brains do, figuratively, wilt.
