shriveling

Envy clouds though, clobbers generosity, precludes any hope of sincerity, and ends in shriveling the heart -- reasons enough to fight free of it with all one's mental strength.

The recommended daily allowance M-mv 2005

Want of attention to this particular is very apt to produce a disease in the vines, which ends in what is called shanking, that is, a shriveling of the short stems of the grapes after they have set.

The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845

KALB: I mean, when you think of Gore kind of shriveling up, as it were, in contrast to the ebullient Gore that you see privately, is it because politics has a way of paralyzing personality, real personality?

CNN Transcript - Reliable Sources: The Real Al Gore and George Bush: Is the Press Getting the Full Story or Falling for the Image? - March 25, 2000 2000

If the U.S. Attorney's Office does continue the case, it has made clear its next line of offense: it will have Bonds's former mistress, Kimberly Bell, testify in detail about the alleged "shriveling" of Bonds's testicles.

Recent articles from SocialistWorker.org 2009

All of our living has been done more or less in these streets, even if they seem to be shriveling away from us by the day.

Angry Young Man Chris Lynch 2011

All of our living has been done more or less in these streets, even if they seem to be shriveling away from us by the day.

Angry Young Man Chris Lynch 2011

They serve as channels to inform the American people about the corruption crew in charge, and they are thriving, while the old media outlets are shriveling on the vine.

Matthew Yglesias » Endgame 2010

Half an hour later, as I sat in the kitchen writing out my notes, I suddenly felt a shriveling sensation, as if I were a balloon filled with water and all of it was gushing out of me, leaving me empty and depleted.

Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

All of our living has been done more or less in these streets, even if they seem to be shriveling away from us by the day.

Angry Young Man Chris Lynch 2011

Instead of shriveling into a ball, he got out there to maximize his new break in life, learning the English language as he went.

Fallin’ Up Steve Dennis 2011