We sold them, to wither.

You have to feed the fire of your network or it will wither or die.

After the juice is thus drawn out, the tree withers and dies.

I planted them too early for our region, so although we' ve had warm days, their stems are getting a bit wilty from the cold.

His first novel, "Triple Door, " plumbed the adolescent angst of those withering under the pressures of family and school.