Shrivelled is an English word with synonyms like shriveled or withered. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Shrivelled meaning
- Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant.
- Collapsed in size.
Synonyms of Shrivelled
Using Shrivelled
- The main meaning on this page is: Wrinkled because the volume has reduced while the surface area of the outer layer has remained constant. | Collapsed in size.
- Useful related words include: shriveled, withered, shrunken, decreased.
- In the example corpus, shrivelled often appears in combinations such as: shrivelled and.
Context around Shrivelled
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shrivelled
- In this selection, "shrivelled" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, having, head, somewhat and walnut stand out and add context to how "shrivelled" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the shrivelled walnut brain and hand is shrivelled and black. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shrivelled" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shrivelled
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Harry notices that Dumbledore's right hand is shrivelled and black. (11 words)
Labour’s position has shrivelled into semantic haggling over a second referendum. (12 words)
It is also widely believed that after his death, Eurystheus's head shrivelled to resemble that of a duckling. (19 words)
While there would not be any value cut on wheat having shrivelled and broken grains up to 6 per cent, the farmers will lose Rs 5.31 per quintal if such grains are in the range of 6 to 8 per cent. (42 words)
In the majority of cases, the victims looked as though they'd died peacefully through lack of oxygen, but the ferocious heat had shrivelled their bodies. (26 words)
Allen and Duncan Smith's report opened with an illustration of the "normal child's" large brain and the shrivelled, walnut brain of the neglected child. (26 words)
Example sentences (9)
While there would not be any value cut on wheat having shrivelled and broken grains up to 6 per cent, the farmers will lose Rs 5.31 per quintal if such grains are in the range of 6 to 8 per cent.
In the majority of cases, the victims looked as though they'd died peacefully through lack of oxygen, but the ferocious heat had shrivelled their bodies.
Allen and Duncan Smith's report opened with an illustration of the "normal child's" large brain and the shrivelled, walnut brain of the neglected child.
Labour’s position has shrivelled into semantic haggling over a second referendum.
True, his “face” is made of wax, his “hair” is a wig and the body inside the fancy uniform is as shrivelled as a scrotum.
Fall from Olympus In one branch of Greek mythology, Hera ejected Hephaestus from the heavens because he was "shrivelled of foot".
Harry notices that Dumbledore's right hand is shrivelled and black.
It is also widely believed that after his death, Eurystheus's head shrivelled to resemble that of a duckling.
The parchment was somewhat shrivelled but otherwise relatively unscathed, and an engraved facsimile of the charter was made by John Pine in 1733.
Common combinations with shrivelled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: