How to Use withering in a Sentence

withering

adjective

• She gave me a withering look.
• The book has been the subject of withering criticism.
• The golf pro, who bought the drinks, shoots her a withering look.
  — Tom Chiarella, Popular Mechanics, 14 June 2017
• Most of the best lines in the play come from the withering barbs flung between mother and child.
  — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2017
• Maryline gave me a withering look.
  — Steve King, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Dec. 2020
• Molly is sincere and guileless, a true foil for steely and withering Katherine.
  — Barbara Vandenburgh, azcentral, 10 June 2019
• My body has changed with my withering muscles, giving me a curved spine and tilted hips from muscles that are too weak to support my frame.
  — Madison Lawson, Teen Vogue, 10 Apr. 2018
• Is there a more dismissive or withering insult for art than to call it decorative?
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2019
• His opponents gathered in the streets to denounce him and wrote withering diatribes against him in the press.
  — Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2018
• My fellow swappers took one withering glance at my Tupperware full of misshapen blobs and made up their minds.
  — Hilary Cadigan, Bon Appétit, 2 Dec. 2019
• Yes, the president has made withering criticisms of the network, but that's true of all networks.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 3 Feb. 2026
• Instagram is rolling out the overhaul after a withering year in the public spotlight.
  — David Ingram, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
• Putting your kids in football would be akin to giving them cigarettes, and leave you to face the withering judgment of your friends and neighbors.
  — John Kass, Alaska Dispatch News, 6 Sep. 2017
• The capital city is making a comeback after facing a withering debt crisis over the last decade.
  — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2020
• Withering demand had led brands such as Vacheron Constantin and Cartier to cut jobs.
  — Sarah Syed, Bloomberg.com, 28 Apr. 2017
• May's spokesman also stressed that the British leader did not share in her ambassador's withering critiques.
  — William Booth, Anchorage Daily News, 8 July 2019
• As lovely as David is, Kenneth is horrible, withering, quick to judge and more than a little mean.
  — Sarah Dunn, New York Times, 1 June 2018
• That is one reason why some of them were so withering in their criticism of the course conditions on Saturday.
  — Brian Costa, WSJ, 18 June 2018
• Trump made his withering remarks ahead of a Cabinet meeting at the White House.
  — Adam Shaw, Fox News, 21 June 2018
• At the time, FourWinds was beginning to unravel with the plunge in oil prices and withering demand for sand.
  — Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Feb. 2018
• The sources said Shine made the request because of withering press coverage of Fox News in recent weeks.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2017
• Every single one of her scenes has an incomparable spark that is evident right out of the gate with every withering gaze and flick of her highlighter.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• To his credit, West seemed to remember rappers having to defend their music as music against the withering fire of their elders.
  — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, 7 May 2018
• This combination of withering and supersizing could have a powerful effect on street life in a city that has always been shaped by shopping.
  — Justin Davidson, Daily Intelligencer, 14 July 2017
• As each political campaign reminds us, flip-flop is one of the withering insults of our time, suggesting weakness, or craven cowardice, or both.
  — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2017
• His assessment of SpaceX’s core compute business was equally withering.
  — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 June 2026
• But every other candidate quickly looked to score points by taking him out, and Biden spent the better part of the night fighting off their withering attacks.
  — Fox News, 1 Aug. 2019
• The winter rains allowed grass and shrubs to grow, but under the withering summer, the new vegetation turned into highly combustible tinder.
  — Laignee Barron, Time, 17 Oct. 2017
• In recent years, the agency has faced withering criticism locally for mismanagement and lack of oversight of its programs and funds.
  — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
• But the main culprit of these fires is the Santa Ana winds—powerful, withering gusts of air that lash down from the high desert to the coast nearly every autumn.
  — Laura Bliss, Slate Magazine, 8 Dec. 2017