withering

IPA: wˈɪðɝɪŋ

Examples of "withering" in Sentences

Bobbie afterwards described as withering glances of gloomy despair.
He described the ceremony, which he felt rewarded box-office appeal over artistry, in withering terms:
Called Faaafu, or _withering_, from the withering of the yam vine and other plants, which become coloured "like the shells."
Every time I think of it, I recall a withering Siskel reviewing it on TV in his last couple months of life and it breaks my heart.
In a ruling that can only be called withering, district Judge Daniel Hovland contrasted "incidental and unintended" deaths during "legal, commercially-useful activity" with "hunting and poaching."
(And I state that with the utmost in withering sarcasm, because I've never seen a self-proclaimed "values voter" ever care about the public failure of private virtue in a "family-values" candidate.
I am not a timid man, and I am fairly saavy – even got some book learnin – but after a 15 minute withering from the lawyer I was left wondering if this fictional show wasn’t a bit too close to the real thing.
The venerable BBC -- Britain's state-funded television, radio and Internet media giant -- is set to sustain withering cuts of more than 16 percent of its budget, with even steeper reductions in government funding for the arts, including London museums and theaters.