The word "withering" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something that is fading, decaying, or becoming less powerful, such as a friendship, a flower, or an idea. For example: "The withering friendship between the two seemed to be coming to an end."
He admits many believe party politics is withering on the vine.
Confounding theories about the rising tide of depression and the withering effect of economic rout, the Ipsos Mori survey of more than 16,000 people worldwide found that 77% were happy, a rate that rose to 88% in Sweden, 85% in Australia and 83% in the US.
We caught the train up to Edinburgh the day before, overwhelming the buffet car and sending other travellers fleeing under a withering assault of shouted anecdotes and braying laughter.
All this sounds like withering condemnation.
But by the closing days, a desperate Mr Forrester was flooding the airwaves with withering quotes from Mr Corzine's ex-wife, while the Corzine campaign was calling Mr Forrester a liar and an extremist.
But puzzling as it may be, it is not as mysterious as the misconception that government is withering away.
It was the third recent visit by Japanese officials aiming to prepare the ground for a first summit between Shinzo Abe, the prime minister, and Xi Jinping, China's president.Yet China's response was withering.
But it seems to be withering faster in the Middle East than anywhere else.Two decades ago, when America marshalled a daunting force to toss Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait, it stood unchallenged in the region.
The gas-rich state now boasts the world's highest GDP per head, and its emboldened leaders depend on cheap imported labour to keep the economy humming.So far, the lack of reform in both Russia and Qatar in the face of withering international criticism suggests that sceptics of their World Cup bids have the better side of the argument.
Perhaps he recognises that the comfy rules that have governed the cable industry are withering.
Railtrack, prodded by withering attacks from the government, was forced to spend vast sums, both on replacing track and on compensating the train operators for the resulting delays to their services.
