Used in a Sentence

shriveled

How to use shriveled in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for shriveled.

Editorial note

She's all shriveled up and unstuck in time.

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Quick take

(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of shriveled gathered in one view.

adjective

(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"

adjective

lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"

adjective

reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for shriveled.

adjective

(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"

adjective

lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"

adjective

reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power"

Example sentences

1

She's all shriveled up and unstuck in time.

2

I decided what kind of old man I want to be and I won't be one of those hunched and shriveled guys.

3

It's so hard to get a basic t-shirt right as well, so many people walking around with shriveled up neck piece.

4

With regard to obscurity, it's like as if one of the heads of the hydra was shriveled and weak.

5

Speaking from experience, the momentum for top tier AAA apps has all but shriveled up and died

6

Kind of like absent-mindedly eating that last shriveled and nasty grape in the bunch while preoccupied.

7

The sales pipeline has shriveled up and marketing is non-existent.

8

I'll bet Firefox's plump user base has shriveled up like a raisin since starting this updating schedule to version 7.

9

All my favorite bookstores have shriveled their selection to the point that they're hardly worth visiting anymore.

10

Conversely, things arbitrarily close together in the big bang can be arbitrarily far away now. There is no "center" of the universe, it's more like the shriveled up balloon analogy.

11

Only the cheapest black olives are not ripened, and at least in France they cannot be called just "black olives".They're easy enough to distinguish as they are smooth and firm like green olives, rather than soft and maybe a bit shriveled.

12

Steam achievement unlocked: <insert whatever is in your imagination here lol>Indie games are gonna get a lot weirder... pray for our overloaded dopamine receptors and shriveled serotonin ones.

13

If false memories can be planted in those who are accused, it can be done to witnesses too, so that they swear that the shriveled nonagenarian in the courtroom is the same person as the guard in that Nazi camp more than sixty years ago.

14

I'm glad things worked for you and I think people can always find someone to be with regardless of who they are but let's be honest, is it "a very limited idea of attractiveness" the GP has or are you just sidestepping "Let's not suggest that having shriveled up wheelchair legs is a boon in the dating market.

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GCC already "shriveled up and died" once -- the egcs project got so far ahead of regular GCC in development that the FSF basically just said, "congratulations, you are the new maintainers and your project is now the official GCC mainline".GCC is stagnant, but the dynamic pace of development on the Clang front means that either the GCC developers will adapt, or the community will adapt GCC for them.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use shriveled in a sentence?

She's all shriveled up and unstuck in time.

What does shriveled mean?

(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"

What part of speech is shriveled?

shriveled is commonly used as adjective.