He glanced at the chessboard and his brain wilted from hitherto unprecedented weariness.
Leaving most of his guests wilted, the 73-year-old President finally strode back to his table, lit up a Havana, took a drink of Scotch and Perrier, and was ready for the next .
Literally and symbolically, the carnations have wilted.
U.S. Open a special Father's Day for amateur Pan There were moments in Cheng-Tsung Pan's U.S. Open round of 75 Saturday - such as the double-bogey on 14 or the blown par putt a hole later - when another golfer might have wilted, even snapped.
June 16, 2013 - The Philadelphia Inquirer
No Blueprint funds for Performing Arts Center By TaMaryn Waters | Democrat staff writer @tamarynwaters on Twitter -- The proposed Performing Arts Center project, marred with controversy for its high price in a wilted economy, was axed Thursday from projects to be considered for future Blueprint tax money.
June 15, 2013 - Tallahassee Democrat
Andrew Young in BloggingStocks (blog) Young, when asked if Wal-Mart should be concerned that it causes mom-n-pop stores to close when it enters new markets, replied with this response: "Those are the people who have been overcharging us, selling us stale bread and bad meat and wilted...
Bob Knight in ESPN We've kind of wilted at times when we've had a chance to win,Knight said.
John Kerry in Boston Globe (registration) I've never wilted in my life,said Kerry. "I've never wavered. I've been consistent on Iraq. Saddam Hussein was a threat, he needed to be disarmed, but we didn't need to rush to war."