Just withering in her contempt.

The withering glance of the goddess.

Not... withering and... dying in a vase.

It feels like my body is withering and blackening.

And in Aad. We let loose on them a withering wind

And in Aad. We let loose on them a withering wind

And also in Ad, when We loosed against them the withering wind

And also in Ad, when We loosed against them the withering wind

LONDON It s been a better year for God. After withering literary assaults on the Almighty from the Oxford academic Richard Dawkins, the essayist Christopher Hitchens, and others, believers have hit back.

The world has witnessed fundamental economic changes, such as the end of State control of economic life in many States, the withering away of numerous restraints on international trade, the easy transfer of capital and huge investments across the world.

The advances in telecommunications and information technologies, signature traits of globalization, have led to a withering of geographical boundaries, along with a strengthening of multinational corporations, and hence the need for a new approach to tackling our world's problems in international relations.

Rousseff's main opponent, São Paulo Governor José Serra, has not gained traction with voters, owing to his inconsistent stances ranging from withering criticisms of Lula s foreign policy to outright support for his social policies. According to some polls, Serra is more than 20 points behind.

Customers who know what a smorgasbord is understandably try to stuff as much food as they can onto the tiny saucer, sushi on top of roast beef. If you dare to ask for a bigger plate or an extra helping, the waitress gives you that withering Soviet look you want too much.

If you dare to ask for a bigger plate or an extra helping, the waitress gives you that withering Soviet look you want too much. Soviet socialism thought its citizens unworthy of any form of service altogether Russian capitalism doubts that you can control your appetites, so it wants to control them for you.

Homes are the most local of investments, rooted to a particular place like a tree, and thus thriving or withering in response to local economic conditions. The whole world flashes by on our television screens, but the market for our homes, which is comprised almost entirely of local amateurs, remains grounded right there in our own backyard.

Perhaps US Vice President Joe Biden summed up Russia s predicament best The reality is, the Russians are where they are, having a shrinking population base, a withering economy, and a banking structure that is unlikely to withstand the next 15 years. The world s changing before them and they re clinging to something in the past that s not sustainable.

Russia already is in no position to confront the West Its economy is withering, and it lacks solid alliances capable of countering US power. Putin is hoping that Russia and its BRICS partners (Brazil, India, China, and South Africa) will become the future leaders of the world and the global economy, as he put it in July, at the conclusion of the BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organization summits