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Example sentences for "withering"

Lexicographically close words:
withe; withed; wither; withered; withereth; withers; withes; withheld; withhold; withholden
  1. Where we shall find in fadeless bloom The love Time's withering blast had slain, Restored from death and from the tomb To life, immortal life again.

  2. When the same exploded the Federals began to dash into the opening, only to meet with a withering fire from an interior parapet which the Confederates had constructed in the anticipation of this event.

  3. They marched upon the field in double quick time, and were met by a withering artillery fire.

  4. Others threw themselves on the ground to escape the withering fire, while some held their places.

  5. From beyond, the French, who had taken up a position as the French commander had outlined to Hal, poured a withering fire into the foe.

  6. The river Jordan, itself exposed to the same withering influences, is not copious enough to furnish a supply equal to the demand made by the rapid evaporation.

  7. The old 7th halted, fronted, and lay down, and kept up a withering fire upon the enemy at point-blank range, which must have told heavily upon their crowded ranks.

  8. It would have been madness for them to have attempted to reach our trenches across the open field amidst the withering fire that the enemy could have brought to bear upon them.

  9. When the visitor was gone, Florella walked aside, and, in the late afternoon, she went away by herself over the withering heather to the rock where she had shown Guy the harebells.

  10. There was--yes, there was one little living bud at the tip of a withering stem.

  11. Then, when within a few yards, Ney ordered his columns to deploy into line, Picton, taking advantage of the momentary check, delivered a withering volley and then charged in with the bayonet.

  12. Memories that had died years ago, withering from very shame, began to curl and twine themselves round the hard, battered heart as tenderly as ever.

  13. You would find it unendurable to see her withering away day by day, with no prospect before her but a hopeless death.

  14. And the end would be simply the withering and shrivelling of those radiant qualities which he called his genius--qualities which were so precious to him, but about which Nature knew nothing!

  15. The withering skull that glazed the eye with dread, Shone a bright coronal to grace his head.

  16. Although the vine its fruit deny, Although the olive yield no oil, The withering fig-trees droop and die, The fields elude the tiller's toil.

  17. The greenest leaf, divided from its stem, To speedy withering doth itself condemn.

  18. Left all its beauties withering in the dust!

  19. We dug a line of holes, scratching fiercely with our trenching tools, all the while subjected to a withering shrapnel fire.

  20. Two of these he put out of business with a withering fire from his Lewis gun and then executed a loop and started earthward.

  21. The Master treated his insolent questions with contemptuous scorn and withering silence.

  22. The Sixth Satire is a withering arraignment of Roman profligacy and wickedness.

  23. The texture is thicker than in any other of our Wood-ferns, and the fronds are fairly evergreen, not withering until the next year's fronds begin to uncoil.

  24. Rather, streaking straight up into the withering fire that was beginning to pour downward from the guns of the two diving Messerschmitts.

  25. Dave growled, and shot a withering glance at Freddy Farmer's innocent face.

  26. Beside him, in the shadow of the same tuft of withering bushes, lay a wounded lieutenant of the battery and four wounded artillerists.

  27. The pile of prostrate German forms served as a shield for the defenders and behind this barrier of bodies the men took their posts and poured a withering fire into the ranks of the attackers.

  28. Mollie lifted her eyes long enough to give him a withering glance.


  29. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "withering" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.