Spanish term (edited): le marchitaban

This evil surrounds her, draining her life force and eating away at her youth. She looks to the sky, an endless sea of black smoke and gas. ...
"Marchitar" is a verb in Spanish, but I would reword this sentence to make it less awkward.. Either of the traditional translations (fade or wither) could be used by restructuring: She was 15 years old and though...her youth/youthfulness was fading/whithering away due to... Examples of eating away/robbing her (and another option "taking its/their toll": his evil surrounds her, draining her life force and eating away at her youth. She looks to the sky, an endless sea of black smoke and gas. ...
www.themedullareview.com/Kris_Duffy.html - En caché; Ten years of endless struggles had taken their toll: her youth was gone and she ...
en.wikipedia.org/.../Maria_Luisa_of_Spain,_Duchess_of_Lucca - En caché - Similares;When Veronica's transmigrations start robbing her of her youth, Dominic realizes the true paradox of the situation; and, ultimately finds himself faced with ...; as well as time, had taken their toll on her appearance. ... Maintaining her youth and vitality became central to this developing plot; ...
abacom.com/~jkrause/bathory.html - En caché - Similares
www.leftfromhollywood.com/.../Youth Without Youth (4).htm - En caché;