Their numbers are dwindling.
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Dwindling
Synonyms for "dwindling" (118 found)
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peacefulpiningplacidplungequiescentquietrecedingreductiveregressiveremissionreposefulreposingrestfulrestingretiringretreatretreatingretrograderetrogressivesecluded
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sequesteredsequestratedshelteredshrinkingshrivelingsinkingslackslidingslippingslowdownslumpslumpingsmoothstillstill as deathstillishstillystoicstolidsubsidencesubsidingtabetictapering offtranquilunagitatedundisturbedunmovedunperturbedunruffledunstirringuntroubledwanewaningwastingwiltingwitheringworsening
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10 translations across 6 languages.
Dutch
2 entries- verminderend adj (that is declining)
- vervallend adj (that is declining)
Finnish
1 entries- vähenevä adj (that is declining)
French
2 entries- diminuant adj (that is declining)
- déclinant adj (that is declining)
Hungarian
2 entries- csökkenő adj (that is declining)
- visszaeső adj (that is declining)
Italian
2 entries- calo adj (that is declining)
- diminuzione adj (that is declining)
Portuguese
1 entries- declínio adj (that is declining)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
From a walk in the park it turned into a descent into maelstrom followed by a dwindling spiral of inadequate resources and insufficient time.
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Dwindling resources have hampered the efforts of police to stem the rise of violent crime in the city.
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Our water supplies are dwindling.
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