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Many of these regulations have come under withering scrutiny in recent years by right-wing think tanks, conservative editorial pages, and Republican members of Congress.
word choice (a word like disgusting, for example, specifically invites being enunciated in a withering tone, whereas the more ambiguous revolting might not).
Even more dazzling is Keener, an actress who has lately been stuck playing nice, sensible women but who here is all silken curves and withering putdowns--she greets Craig's declaration of love with a pitying sigh that brings the house down.
With flora everywhere withering and browning, carefully tended, thriving marijuana plants stick out like sore green thumbs.
Good reviews, for the most part, for the autobiography of one of hip-hop's most successful artists: "An amusing, contemplative memoir" that paints "a surprisingly humanistic portrait" of the crack dealer turned platinum-selling musician ( Kirkus Reviews ). The tales of his misspent youth and rise to fame are "eloquently told" (Michael Harris, the Los Angeles Times ). One reviewer splits from the pack and delivers a withering pan: "[T]he ability to sell a lot of records has almost nothing to do with insight or maturity.