What was left of her heart slowly withered into a tight ball.

It was suggested in a Times article that, as her memory and methodology were attacked, "her composure slowly withered."

Without his career he would slowly wither away.

Me only cruel immortality Consumes: I wither slowly in thine arms.

As many follow the new urban dreams, the family houses crumble, others have their windows boarded up, and ancient communities slowly wither and die.

But it now looks as if G.M. will instead wither slowly, shedding a plant here, a division there.

For years the structure didn't function and slowly withered.

As the agency began to depend more and more on industry fees, those parts of the agency slowly withered.

My geranium plants, which were moved outdoors, bloom profusely in western exposure, but their leaves are tiny and slowly wither.

But several scholars and school district officials say that for the most part, good schools fill up quickly and bad schools wither slowly.