shrivelled
IPA: ʃrˈɪvʌɫd
adjective
- Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
- Collapsed in size.
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Examples of "shrivelled" in Sentences
- The word that grabs is "shrivelled" – sums it all up really.
- The veno~n in his expression shrivelled the saliva in my mouth.
- The rue Soly was like an illness to him; the very word shrivelled his heart.
- Never mind, the hash will not die, although it does look kind of shrivelled right now!
- Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will today accuse the coalition of having a "shrivelled"
- He -- -- "The last word shrivelled on her lips, which puckered into a confused smile at the warning frown of her brother.
- If you look at the above picture and then the picture below you can see how the ear has kind of shrivelled a little bit and has a weird shape about it.
- His body is preserved below the altar, dressed in his pontifical robes, sparkling with diamonds -- the head reposing on a richly gilded cushion; the face, dead and shrivelled, which is the only part exposed, presents a sad contrast to all this splendour.
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