Countless plants withered and crumbled and became inert as dust.
This is why planting-out leaves the plant withered for some time.
Wherever it touched, plants withered and people fell to the ground choking.
The plants sprang up soon, and withered quickly, and women mourned for the death of the vegetation god.
The island was very hot around him; succulent plants were withering in front of his very eyes.
And as any horticulturist knows, hot-house plants quickly wither outdoors.
I stop before a plant withered beyond all hope of resuscitation.
If there is little or no sunlight then plants may wither and die from not being able to get enough sunlight to do photosynthesis.
When the weather grows cold, prey is sparse, and the plants wither.
A moment later, the beam stopped, and the plants instantly withered in an atmosphere that was wispy and unstable.