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Synonyms for dwindled

Grammar : Verb
Spell : dwin-dl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdwɪn dl

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Définition of dwindled

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 :
  • For as if a cold gust of wind had passed over them, they all dwindled and paled.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • Three neighbours had fallen off on the road, the ten had dwindled into seven.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • By the time, however, that he reached the fortress his procession had dwindled by more than half.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Thus the great adventure of Redon dwindled to insignificance.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • It lifted slowly, and rose, and rose, and dwindled to a speck high in the air.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 » by Various
  • From sobbing, Miss Winthrop dwindled to sniveling, and there she stopped.
  • Extract from : « The Wall Street Girl » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • It roared as he worked at the mechanism, then dwindled again.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • Later she dwindled to a prayer that she might capture a man who was "tol'able well-to-do."
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • The band had dwindled much, in the month since they left Dijon.
  • Extract from : « The Young Franc Tireurs » by G. A. Henty
  • On August 9th when the party left Pembina behind, their number had dwindled.
  • Extract from : « Old Fort Snelling » by Marcus L. Hansen

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