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Meanings of grow thinner in English

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Usage of grow thinner in English
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He sees the wife whom he loves grow thinner and paler every day.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
2
She was not really ill, only pale and languid and seemed to grow thinner.
A Little Girl in Old Salem
3
At the word marriage, Mildred's lips seemed to grow thinner.
Celibates
4
I'ld have put charms on themselves, so that they'ld grow thinner than the pig.
Fairies and Folk of Ireland
5
The trees grow thinner, and the path broadens.
Nancy: A Novel
6
Then the great herd began to grow thinner and thinner, until the last buffalo had passed.
The Hunters' Feast: Conversations Around the Camp Fire
7
Every day you grow thinner and whiter and colder-morelike a moonbeam than a mortal woman.
An Algonquin Maiden: A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada
8
And in each express the alterations in the limbs and joints, which swell and which grow thinner.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 1
9
He saw the face in the water grow thinner day by day, but never thought of himself.
Classic Myths
10
As a result the cell walls grow thinner with loss of moisture,-inother words, the cell shrinks.
The Mechanical Properties of Wood / Including a Discussion of th...
11
Anne watches his thin hands grow thinner, his sunken eyes grow bigger; yet remains strangely calm, almost contented.
John Ingerfield, and Other Stories
12
With good breeding, in generations the lips grow thinner; the face takes on character and even changes in shape.
The American Missionary — Volume 44, No. 05, May, 1890
13
You don't grow thinner, you get worn down by all the salt and the constant motion of the sea.'
Depths
14
His shadow ne'er grow thinner.
The Amateur Army
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The Father watches the wire grow thinner and finer until it disappears, leaving behind a residue of lavender and blue.
The lonely polygamist: a novel
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As the ranks grow thinner, the players are required to repeat the sentences more rapidly, and no time for hesitation allowed.
Games for All Occasions
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