Shrivel Sentence Examples

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  • Carmen wanted to shrivel out of sight.

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  • The leaves shrivel, the plant ceases to grow, and the grapes that are formed also shrivel and die.

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  • The berries do not shrivel up as those do that are affected by the black rot.

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  • Apart from the fact that reckoning from the birth of Christ was by no means universal, and consequently the mass of men were ignorant that there was such a thing as the year 1000, one wonders how that most enduring type of architecture, the Romanesque, reached its maturity among men who thought that the earth itself was so soon to "shrivel like a parched scroll."

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  • In some bamboos they are very numerous from the lower nodes of the erect culms, and pass downwards to the soil, whilst those from the upper nodes shrivel up and form circles of spiny fibres.

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  • The grapes are allowed to remain on the vines some three to four weeks longer than is the case in the Medoc, and the result is that they shrivel up and become over-ripe, and so contain relatively little water and a very large quantity of sugar.

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  • There is no need to remove them, they just shrivel during cooking.

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  • However, if the temperature exceeds a certain threshold, the plants shrivel and die.

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  • The latter for a time retains its plumpness, but on the appearance of little black pustules, which first occur on the part primarily affected, the grape begins to shrivel.

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  • Why do we grow into a beautiful person then shrivel away?

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  • A little ventilation is necessary to keep them from getting mouldy; but a hot, dry atmosphere must also be avoided, as the tubers might shrivel in it.

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  • If some of the spots are particularly bothersome, they can be made to shrivel up by using a laser or pinpoint cautery.

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  • Democracy matters but we can see how it can be allowed to shrivel when democratic traditions are inconvenient to wider plans.

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  • This over time will shrivel up and drop off leaving a healthy stump otherwise known as the naval.

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  • Dry environments cause the eggs and larvae to shrivel and die, but higher humidity levels actually speed up development, boosting the population in your home.

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  • It is readily increased either by cuttings or layers, or by seeds sown as soon as the berries shrivel on the stems.

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  • Tips of emerging leaves appear brown and scorched, and often shrivel and rot.

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  • In winter, when the plants are at rest, little water will be necessary; but in the case of those plants which have no fleshy pseudobulbs to fall back upon for sustenance, they must not be suffered to become so dry as to cause the leaves to shrivel.

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