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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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up
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She shrivelled up , fell forwards, like a paper doll.
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Otherwise they shrivel up and die almost instantly.
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The poor things shrivel up in protest.
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But eventually, even red dwarfs will shrivel up and die.
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The whole house smelled of it, of lost youth shrivelled up into a kind of dust.
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When the third woman enters the scene, she almost shrivels up .
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The few unpicked apples that bobbed and swayed on the bare top branches were all shrivelled up .
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Probably shrivel up like a cactus in a microwave.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Profits have shriveled since the start of the economic crisis.
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Why do Kate's onions grow so well, while mine shrivel and rot in the ground?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But eventually, even red dwarfs will shrivel up and die.
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How it had shrivelled her to the point of annihilation.
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In a rough economy, they said, budgets shrivel and advertisers get stern and cautious.
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The ghost of Ken Noakes shrivelled and vanished from her subconscious.
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The poor things shrivel up in protest.
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The steel companies seem to want to shrivel , to disappear.
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These microscopic biting flies would dry and shrivel in minutes out in the sun.
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Yet if they wait while a complex corporate empire is unwound, the value of their loans can shrivel almost to nothing.