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I'll just wither and wane under all that pressure and shrivel up inside until I'm microscopic.
As if Mr. Asa could read my thoughts, he bowed his head, then looked up at me with moist eyes, and I felt something shrivel inside.
I'll wait for the post-election post-mortem and watch some pollster shrivel away in ignominy.
Place in a hot oven for 20 minutes or until they just begin to shrivel and blacken on the outside but are still juicy inside.
Woody plants including gooseberries, raspberries and even roses may suffer from dieback after their leaves wilt and shrivel and change to brown.
Magnesium deficiency may be associated with the disorder of shanking, in which the bunch stems and berries shrivel before ripening.
Woody plants including gooseberries, raspberries and even roses may suffer from dieback after their leaves wilt and shrivel, changing to brown.
Infected green fruit turn light brown to purple, shrivel, and detach easily.
The powerful shall rise and the cowards would shrivel at the falling sickness.
If not harvested at the proper time, the drupes shrivel and become firmly attached to the tree making milling more difficult.
For example, I was taught in medical school that at menopause the ovaries stop functioning, shrivel and dry up.
Effects on hosts: On balsam fir, the infected needles shrivel up and drop prematurely.
Will the Inner Niger Delta shrivel up due to climate change and water use upstream?
The bypass created by the duct is no longer needed, and it starts to close and then shrivel up.
When the laser light is absorbed, the vessels will shrivel up without damaging the normal skin.
Young fruitlets on infected terminals may become infected through the stem and turn brown, shrivel and remain firmly attached to the tree.
Those who are still employed have seen their wages stagnate and their pensions shrivel in the stockmarket crash.
In advanced stages of the disease affected areas begin to shrivel or wrinkle.
The desiccation spreads and the whole leaf may shrivel and drop, leaving only the petiole attached.
When thrips feed on flowers, the anthers, petals and pistil turn brown and shrivel, then fall prematurely.
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Examples from Classical Literature
A polyp is either cut off or its pedicle bound with a ligature, and it is allowed to shrivel.
I was commencin' to feel the shrivel, so it's California for Phoebe and me.
If you put the syrup hot to the ginger at first, it will shrink and shrivel.
The woman seemed to sink, to shrivel, under the weight of her recollection.
The thrift of New England did often shrivel into penuriousness.
His face darkened, and seemed to contract, and shrivel itself up, and wither into age.
To see him shrivel when a veritable junker came in, was humiliating.
Draughts, however, should be avoided or stems and berries will shrivel.
For in his eyes I read some lurid woe would shrivel me up, had I it.
Even while the party were looking at it, the flower continued to shrivel up, till it became as dry and fragile as when the doctor had first thrown it into the vase.
The girl did not answer, but she felt her heart shrivel within her.
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