All 3 Uses of
dwindle
in
A Wrinkle in Time
- Below them the trees of the mountain dwindled, became sparse, were replaced by bushes and then small, dry grasses, and then vegetation ceased entirely and there were only rocks, points and peaks of rock, sharp and dangerous.†
p. 78.4 *dwindled = decreased
- Then, slowly, the shining dwindled until it, too, was gone, and there was nothing but stars and starlight.†
p. 102.8
- The momentary vision and faith that had come to Meg dwindled.†
p. 222.1
Definition:
to decrease -- in count or substance