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Grammar : Verb

Definition of waste away

As in languish : verb droop; become dull, listless
As in melt : verb liquefy; dissolve
As in rot : verb corrode, deteriorate
As in run out : verb fail, be exhausted
As in shrink : verb become smaller
As in wane : verb diminish, lessen
As in wilt : verb sag, fail
As in wither : verb droop, decline
As in molder : verb decay
As in decay : verb deteriorate, crumble
As in dissolve : verb melt from solid to liquid; mix in
As in dissolve : verb disappear, disintegrate
As in eat : verb erode, wear away; use up
As in fade : verb dwindle, die out
As in go : verb elapse

Example sentences :

Our powers are given us to be used; and unless they are used they waste away.
Extract from : « Practical Ethics » by William DeWitt Hyde

In fact she was so very, very fat that nobody thought she could waste away.
Extract from : « The Tale of Snowball Lamb » by Arthur Bailey

There is no virtue in feeding when the manure is permitted to waste away.
Extract from : « Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement » by Alva Agee

You are too much of a man, Felt, to waste away in these wilds.
Extract from : « The Forsaken Inn » by Anna Katharine Green

All rocks have a tendency to waste away under the influence of the atmosphere.
Extract from : « Geology » by James Geikie

He will not suffer to waste away and vanish the faith for which he died.
Extract from : « Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare » by Walter Savage Landor

If any one group is over-used there will come a time when they will begin to waste away.
Extract from : « Nervous Breakdowns and How to Avoid Them » by Charles David Musgrove

The same muscle that grows when used within certain limits will waste away when deprived of proper exercise.
Extract from : « The Woman Beautiful » by Helen Follett Stevans

Soon the left gland will waste away until it is no larger than in a small boy.
Extract from : « Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction » by T. W. Shannon

Yet might they not so waste away their bodies, but that they recovered from their sorrows, as still happeneth oft enow.
Extract from : « The Nibelungenlied » by Unknown

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