shrivelled-up

Dribble ran down the corners of the mouth of the shrivelled-up old woman.

Too Early, Too Late 2010

Enough money, even, for Simon Cowell to finally realise his dream of making his teeth so ridiculously white that he can use them to deflect sunlight into the eyes of his enemies, instantly burning their retinas into minuscule, irreparably shrivelled-up husks.

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“These shrivelled-up, thin ones go on for ever,” his companion had said.

An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008

I could hold back payment from shrivelled-up, starving workmen if they missed a day.

An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008

“These shrivelled-up, thin ones go on for ever,” his companion had said.

An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008

“These shrivelled-up, thin ones go on for ever,” his companion had said.

An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008

I could hold back payment from shrivelled-up, starving workmen if they missed a day.

An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008

I could hold back payment from shrivelled-up, starving workmen if they missed a day.

An Atlas of Impossible Longing Anuradha Roy 2008

Is that the sound of poulterers seeking to make laughing-stock cubes from the remains of this shrivelled-up frozen fowl?

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2007

There was perfect unison of ill-grace and senility about them; their faces, as faded as their threadbare coats, as creased as their trousers, were worn-out, shrivelled-up, and puckered.

Eug�nie Grandet 2007