dwindling

Examples of dwindled

dwindled

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

However, the population dwindled and, in 1952, the quota was reduced.
But institutional pressures ensured that on widowhood such opportunities dwindled, and there was every incentive to remarry.
The fund contributors has dwindled to 200 from 575 a decade ago.
Immigration at other ports dwindled, and, for expediency, immigrant medical inspection was increasingly conducted as part of the quarantine exam.
Pathetically invoking some common good, the liberal parties dwindled through the 1920s.
Groups that continued to reside near the lake shore turned to more marginal local resources as the wet gallery forest dwindled.
They are still there but, proportionately speaking, their numbers have dwindled.
The industry dwindled, and (town-)people now mostly live off small industries and services.
The bore wells, yielding 3,500 gallons per hour during 1985, dwindled to yield 800 gallons per hour in 2001.
The possibilities for performing in churches shrank as the number of invitations dwindled sharply.
In this way, the options have dwindled to the extremes.
By 1925-6, the number had dwindled to only 274.
As the conference proceeded, the numbers attending the sessions dwindled.
As public funds dwindled, opportunities arose for private initiatives to finance events and associate with the annual festivity.
As a result, the payments for wages and salaries in these sectors have dwindled.
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