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Definition of Dwindled
1. dwindle [v] - See also: dwindle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dwindled
Literary usage of Dwindled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Intercourse with the Anglican Church was kept up uninterruptedly until the remnants
of the ancient Brotherhood had dwindled away and been swallowed up by ..."
2. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"For, at that elevation, the towns have dwindled into ant-hills, and human beings
rushing to and fro in them, if visible at all, appear like insects; ..."
3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... moon, stars, and ye celestial poles 1 Are graves, then, dwindled into Button-holes?
On Foote, the comedian : Foote from his earthly stage, ..."
4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"For, at that elevation, the towns have dwindled into ant-hills, and human beings
rushing to and fro in them, if visible at all, appear like insects; ..."
5. King's Mountain and Its Heroes: History of the Battle of King's Mountain by Lyman Copeland Draper, Anthony Allaire (1881)
"Congress Refers the Matter to the States where the Prisoners Belong.—How they
dwindled Away.—Colonel Armstrong Blamed.—Remnant Confined at Salisbury. ..."
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