Synonyms for dwindling

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dwin-dl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdwɪn dl

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Définition of dwindling

Origin : 1590s, apparently diminutive and frequentative of Middle English dwinen "waste away, fade, vanish," from Old English dwinan, from Proto-Germanic *dwinanan (cf. Dutch dwijnen "to vanish," Old Norse dvina, Danish tvine, Low German dwinen), from PIE *dheu- (3) "to die" (see die (v.)). Related: Dwindled; dwindling.

verb waste away; taper off

Example sentences :

Cave-walls and roof all shrinking, dwindling, drawing down upon him.
Extract from : « The World Beyond » by Raymond King Cummings

Great distances here, in relation to the giant globe, were dwindling!
Extract from : « The World Beyond » by Raymond King Cummings

My poor father's health and his income were dwindling together.
Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro

Even the thunder had rolled away, dwindling to a deep mutter.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

Below him was a shrinking, dwindling landscape, wind-swept and desolate.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various

His great arms were unbelievably powerful, but I could feel them dwindling.
Extract from : « Beyond the Vanishing Point » by Raymond King Cummings

How was he to pay up the liabilities of his bank shares from his dwindling practice?
Extract from : « A Houseful of Girls » by Sarah Tytler

There was a funny side about this dwindling of the strength, too.
Extract from : « The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's) » by Fred W. Ward

Dwindling smaller, dimmer, until in a moment it was gone into the Unknown.
Extract from : « The White Invaders » by Raymond King Cummings

Could he possibly prevent her whole relation to him from altering and dwindling?
Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

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