Whittled

Lack of sleep whittled away her energy.

He whittled the stick to a sharp point with his hunting knife.

The artist whittled the excess wood away until a figure of a small Indian elephant revealed itself.

With each passing day, his will to live whittled away.

Ziri whittled the branch into shape.

Slowly but surely, Reiner and his editors whittled away at the movie to get it down to a tight 84 minutes.