verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a dwindling supply (= one that is getting smaller )
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We cannot rely on the dwindling supplies of crude oil and natural gas.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
away
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They start off so large and marvellous, then they dwindle away to nothing.
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How much Tory support has dwindled away following the community charge debacle is open to question.
to
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The Tiller fortune had now dwindled to just over £3,000.
■ VERB
begin
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But the theaters hit a problem in the winter, when hens lay fewer eggs and audiences began to dwindle .
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As the dragons fly further away they begin to dwindle .
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During his lifetime, the distinctive characteristics of his vocation had begun to dwindle .
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Consuela, never fully alive to begin with, dwindles to literary device.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The country's foreign currency reserves have dwindled over the past few years.
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The money available to build new parks has dwindled.
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The original platoon of 30 men had dwindled to 12.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And her rock collection is dwindling.
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Discussions about texts dwindled into silence; discussions about moms threatened to turn into full-blown therapy sessions.
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He was simply responding to the twin pressures of dwindling tax revenues and pressing needs.
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Not for nothing have the return invitations dwindled a bit over the years.
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Required to spend more time with Matilda, Agnes finds that her encounters with the curate dwindle and almost cease altogether.
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Since 1984, interference from the government has dwindled.
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There was a vaguely Rincewind-shaped violet shadow, dwindling to a point and winking out.
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They start off so large and marvellous, then they dwindle away to nothing.