Example sentences for: dwindled

How can you use “dwindled” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • •The Italians’ attachment to regional customs and religious festivals has dwindled in the 20th century, but many continue for the tourist trade.

  • The worst-treated, however, were the Native Americans, whose numbers dwindled rapidly not only as a result of disease and malnutrition but also because of systematic massacres in the 1850s by Californian militia.

  • Revenues from tax collection dwindled, ambitious palace eunuchs plotted, reform schemes failed, and rebellious forces threatened.

  • However, the loss of Arabic wealth and the silting up of the River Arade left Silves almost literally high and dry, and by the time the bishopric of the Algarve was transferred to Faro in 1577, the town’s population had dwindled to 140.

  • Athens dwindled ever further.


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