But when the cold war ended, many of those jobs withered away.

Once their wings were no longer used, they withered away.

When the world state has withered away and there are only local elections.

But the apparatus of the campaign has not withered away.

One almost had the feeling that the population must have withered away and vanished.

This approach to biology withered away in the early 20th century.

Years ago the organs of that sense had withered away.

The only alternative is a further withering away of quality and coverage.

Its German branch withered away by the end of the 80's.

And the American standards of financial disclosure could wither away.