Example sentences for: dwindled

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • But aside from a few exceptions, the supply of genuinely offensive language has dwindled almost to nothing as the 20th century comes to an end; the currency of swearing has been inflated to the brink of worthlessness.

  • Athens dwindled ever further.

  • The top row comes from a healthy, robust individual wild-type fruitfly; the bottom row is a record from another individual, whose activity dwindled.


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