whittle

whittle away a fortune

whittle a toy boat.

the shortlist of fifteen was whittled down to five.

Other ways to whittle down banks are thinkable.

whittled down the debt by making small payments.

The government’s majority has been whittled down to eight.

Our lead (= in a sports competition, for example) was being gradually whittled away.

Whittled by a half million years of wind and rain, the haunting claystone hills and buttes of Badlands National Park rise above the surrounding sea of grasslands.

The once numerous field of presidential candidates has been whittled down.

As often happens in Italy, a daunting punishment has been whittled down to a mild reproof.

Sand is made when rocks are slowly whittled down into tiny little pebble grains.

He was very good at whittling, too.

Eight years in the making, Mr Paulin's poetry has been whittled down over years of revision.

When the menopause arrives, that has been whittled down below 1,000, which are likely to be duds.

They found that individuals had preferences for different kinds of drumsticks usually distinctively whittled down from small branches.

Some businesses are using artificial intelligence to whittle down a field of job applicants.

We whittled it down over time and picked two on last Friday.

After that, ballots are sent out and the nominations are whittled down by Academy members.