Sentence examples for stock dwindled from inspiring English sources

As the stock of dollars held by central banks outside the United States rose and the U.S. gold stock dwindled, the United States could not honour its commitment to convert gold into dollars at the fixed rate of $35 per ounce.

The stock in the store dwindled and it was not replaced as business was bad.

Investors, including thousands of Enron's own employees, poured billions of dollars into Enron as it reported strong profits, only to see their stock dwindle to nearly nothing amid doubts about the reliability of the company's financial statements.

Stored potato stocks dwindled, resulting in high wholesale prices".

The stocks-to-usage ratio should reach 17.3% next year, up from 14.1% in 2012 (when stocks dwindled after a drought).

As Northwestern salmon stocks dwindled, the seafood canneries that once lined the Columbia River shut down and the waterfront area — once a place of working men and vice — became increasingly stagnant.

This will become even more difficult when the dry season hits and animal stocks dwindle.

In Africa, meanwhile, fears are growing of a global yellow fever epidemic as vaccine stocks dwindle.

And it's precise — that's what happens in a refrigerator when stocks dwindle (presumably in the wake of his girlfriend's departure) and the cold takes over.

The so-called "lean season" is coming in North Korea, with winter food stocks dwindling and the spring planting having barely begun.

Flooded mines and transport disruptions, which have left export stocks dwindling at the port of Gladstone, mean the coal industry could take months to recover, pushing up global prices, the spokeswoman said.