Sentence examples for slowly withered from inspiring English sources

Abdi was fine when they arrived, his mother said, but since then he has slowly withered for lack of food.

Arthur's marriage slowly withered, his ex-wife has recently died, and he has also lost touch with his only daughter.

But the industrial base of western New York has slowly withered over the last 50 years, with people following jobs out of the region.

As the protective flames slowly withered and we walked back to our hammocks and tents each night, I would sweep my head torch around in an arc through the bushes, crisscrossing the beam like a guard in a prison watchtower.

It slowly withered, particularly after the end of the cold war, and in 1997 the movement split, with Ta Mok seizing control of the main body from Pol Pot, who died the following year.

Support for Marxism Leninism continued to be evident amongst the Soviet people, however, its base of support slowly withered during the Brezhnev Era.

And Ms. Gorokhova's father slowly withers and dies.

The worry is that it might slowly wither as more readers embrace e-books.

Agriculture is slowly withering, too — the roofs of handsome stone barns have collapsed, while untamed forests invade the surrounding fields.

Assertions by humanitarian organisations that they are fully independent and have no hidden political agenda slowly wither away.

With Isaias gone, Isabel slowly withers, until at last her family sends her to look for him.