ภาษาอังกฤษวันละคำ : dwindle (DWIN dul)

The verb dwindle means to gradually become less or smaller over a period of time. ...

• As a result of the virus, the rabbits dwindled, from a high of 130,000 in 1978 to 20,000 in the 1980s.
• In Cha-am, the company's Baan Charn Talay seaside condominium resort, despite being 90% sold, has seen sales dwindle.
• The company posted a loss of $121.6 million for the third quarter as newspaper advertising revenue dwindled.
• Contrary to the popular belief that the illegal growing of the opium poppy had dwindled in Thailand, the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) reports the opposite is true. ...

(From Bangkok Post)