draining(v.+ing)

disappearing(v.+ing;gerund) slowly(adv.) (figurative language)  

accustomed(v.+ed;past tense) to(prep.)

used(v.+ed;past tense) to(prep.) 

stakes(n.)

sticks(n.)that(pron.)support(v.)a(article)growing(v.+ing)plant(n.)  

devotion(n.)

strong(adj.),loving(v.+ing)loyalty(n.) 

stumbling(adj.)

walking(v.+ing)unsteadily(adv.)

contorted(adj.)

in(prep.)an(article)unnatural(adj.)shape(n.) 

shrank(v.)

from(prep.):tried(v.+ed)to(prep.)get(v.)away(adv.)from(prep.) 

rotten(adj.)

decayed(adj.) 

contorted(adj.)

bent(v.)out(adv.)of(prep.)shape(n.) 

spoil(v.)

ruin(v.)