On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Shrivel. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as shrink or decrease and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Shrivel in a sentence
Related words
Shrivel meaning
- To collapse inward; to crumble.
- To become wrinkled.
- To draw into wrinkles.
Using Shrivel
- The main meaning on this page is: To collapse inward; to crumble. | To become wrinkled. | To draw into wrinkles.
- Useful related words include: shrink, decrease, diminish, lessen.
- In the example corpus, shrivel often appears in combinations such as: shrivel up, to shrivel, and shrivel.
Context around Shrivel
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shrivel
- In this selection, "shrivel" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dicks, economies, may and off stand out and add context to how "shrivel" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about to shrivel up and and caecum often shrivel up during. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shrivel" sits close to words such as aadi, aakash and aayush, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shrivel
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There is a legion of medically proven reasons why dicks shrivel. (11 words)
Most people, even with no health risks, would shrivel from such work and nobody would blame them. (17 words)
He does this by placing masks filled with toxins over their faces, which cause the victim's face to shrivel and turn black. (23 words)
Even though I am no scientist and couldn’t begin to tell you how that particular expert came up with his conclusion, I know that when I haven’t been to the beach in awhile, I start to shrivel a little. (41 words)
Talk about salt injury: these granules’ crystals sucked far more than their mass in moisture from the slimy creatures, making them shrivel up and die in seconds. (27 words)
He had a rare form of the disease, posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), citation in which areas at the back of the brain begin to shrink and shrivel. (27 words)
Example sentences (11)
There is a legion of medically proven reasons why dicks shrivel.
A notable 2015 paper he co-authored in the journal earned international attention for predicting that most countries will see their economies shrivel with climate change.
But I think it's just because I'm getting older and as you get older you lose weight anyway and shrink and shrivel off.
Talk about salt injury: these granules’ crystals sucked far more than their mass in moisture from the slimy creatures, making them shrivel up and die in seconds.
I don’t care if you are so thirsty you’re about to shrivel up and die in the middle of the South Side.
Most people, even with no health risks, would shrivel from such work and nobody would blame them.
Even though I am no scientist and couldn’t begin to tell you how that particular expert came up with his conclusion, I know that when I haven’t been to the beach in awhile, I start to shrivel a little.
He does this by placing masks filled with toxins over their faces, which cause the victim's face to shrivel and turn black.
It has an 87-minute running time, so you may shrivel like a prune if you watch the whole thing in the pool.
He had a rare form of the disease, posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), citation in which areas at the back of the brain begin to shrink and shrivel.
In mature squid, more priority is given to reproduction such that the stomach and caecum often shrivel up during the later life stages.
Common combinations with shrivel
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- shrivel up 3×
- to shrivel 3×
- and shrivel 2×