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dwindling::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dwindling away |
| Type of | decrease, drop-off, lessening |
| Has types | fading away |
| Derivation | dwindle |
there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family.
dwindling::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tapering, tapering off |
Examples of dwindling
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Last spring, Mr. Bobb had planned to close 50 schools with dwindling enrollment.
From the post-gazette.com
Brown said house-sparrow populations are dwindling, although no one is sure why.
From the dispatch.com
The convention last week turned down protections for the dwindling tuna species.
From the kentucky.com
The stock of the fish is dwindling to the point where experts fear its collapse.
From the independent.co.uk
In each case, the state's dwindling supply of liquor licenses poses a challenge.
From the sltrib.com
Introductory offers for zero-balance and low-balance credit cards are dwindling.
From the usatoday.com
Diamond's available money was dwindling during that time, the affidavit alleges.
From the heraldtribune.com
He said American traffic has been constantly dwindling for seven or eight years.
From the post-gazette.com
To ensure its dwindling cash is sufficient, Ford has been making deep cost cuts.
From the latimes.com
- Become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"
- (dwindling) gradually decreasing until little remains
- (dwindling) a becoming gradually less; "there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family"
- To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size; to fall away in quality; degenerate, sink
- (dwindling) that is declining
- (Dwindling) the rapid dying off of old bees in the spring; sometimes called spring dwindling or disappearing disease.
- (Dwindling) Rapid or unusual depletion of hive population, usually in the spring.
- (v) : become smaller, grow feeble
- To diminish, become less
