Verb (used without object) : to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact. ,This cloth will not shrink if washed in lukewarm water. From Dictionary.com.
I shrank from the thought of the boy being taken away from us. From Wordnik.com. [Further Chronicles of Avonlea] Reference
I shrank from the whole subject; it was so extremely sore to me. From Wordnik.com. [Daisy] Reference
The young urchin shrank away, abashed, for it was Miss Connie's voice. From Wordnik.com. [The Shagganappi] Reference
That he afterward shrank from the pursuit of perfection seems inarguable. From Wordnik.com. [Orson Agonistes] Reference
She dropped to 149 pounds over time and shrank from a size 28 to a size 8. From Wordnik.com. [Doctors join fight against obesity] Reference
There were those who shrank from the surgery necessary to cut that cancer out of the nation. From Wordnik.com. [Abraham Lincoln] Reference
Ellen almost shrank from the bold black eyes but they never wavered, till Miss Fortune's voice broke the spell. From Wordnik.com. [The Wide, Wide World] Reference
Her own loyalty was threatening to weaken, and she shuddered and shrank from the contempt she could see creeping in. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 13] Reference
But at the same time he was dreading the meeting; he shrank from the thought of looking into Jack's eyes, cold – even scornful. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century] Reference
Its delicate blossoms shrank from the slightest earthly touch; it seemed as if a tree of paradise had been transplanted to earth. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of My Life] Reference
She whose name had been called shrank back as if hoping the dark would hide her. From Wordnik.com. [The Triflers] Reference
'These events kind of shrank after the video boom of the eighties died off, but with new end-users taking up the slack. From Wordnik.com. [Not the End of the World]
She shrank from the change. From Wordnik.com. [The Girls of Central High on the Stage: or, The Play That Took the Prize] Reference
In Vista, I 'shrank' the partition of the OS drive (leaving it about 30 extra GB). From Wordnik.com. [VideoHelp.com Forum] Reference
Instead, their businesses shrank for several years. From Wordnik.com. [Goodbye Household Names, Hello No-Names] Reference
But we don't think the humor shrank in the translation. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Mojo Rising] Reference
The job itself shrank; whole chunks of it broke off from disuse. From Wordnik.com. [Household Appliances] Reference
In real terms the gross domestic product shrank by 4 percent in 1997. From Wordnik.com. [Cyber-Savvy In Syria] Reference
McKinley County, N.M., shrank 4%, but borders counties up nearly 19%. From Wordnik.com. [Demographics: Saying Goodbye to the Burbs] Reference
In that moment my universe expanded a hundredfold and my world shrank. From Wordnik.com. [I'm Still Starry-Eyed After All These Years] Reference
If HDL functioned well, the trials should show that arterial plaques shrank. From Wordnik.com. [HDL Drugs: What Now?] Reference
Inflation was running at 45 percent just two years ago, and GNP actually shrank. From Wordnik.com. [A GOOD EUROPEAN?] Reference
This year everything from pagers to scanners shrank but managed to pack more power. From Wordnik.com. [Hot New Devices Prove That Size Really Doesn't] Reference
Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful marble you can imagine. From Wordnik.com. [Crashing To Earth] Reference
They threw open borders, courted capitalists and shrank the elephantine bureaucracies. From Wordnik.com. [Dollars And Discontent] Reference
In three patients the tumors stopped growing; in three more the tumor actually shrank. From Wordnik.com. [The Cancer Killer] Reference
In 2003, the latest period with available figures, China's cropland shrank by 2 percent. From Wordnik.com. ['THIS IS REALLY HOME'] Reference
World trade shrank 4 percent in 2001, after growing at a 5 percent annual pace for a decade. From Wordnik.com. [Is It Globaloney?] Reference
As the Pantanal herds shrank from 6 million to about 3.5 million head, the jaguars advanced. From Wordnik.com. [The Return Of The Big Cats] Reference
Swapping 25 grams of plant protein for 25 grams of carbohydrates shrank the risk by 43 percent. From Wordnik.com. [Fat, Carbs and the Science of Conception] Reference
First he began skipping breakfast, then lunch, and eventually shrank his supper to a bowl of cereal. From Wordnik.com. [The Pressure To Lose] Reference
Petroleum's share of total exports shrank from more than 24 percent in 1986 to less than 12 percent in 1993. From Wordnik.com. [A Hidden Success Story] Reference
But once his company added the Web site, the walk-in trade shrank and 80 percent of the business now comes online. From Wordnik.com. [Cars: The Search for That Perfect Part] Reference
When China's imports actually shrank in March, some economists predicted a drop in the growth rate, to as low as 7 percent. From Wordnik.com. [China Slows Down] Reference
Later, feeling that women's sexuality sapped his spiritual integrity, he imagined an ideal homosexuality from which he shrank in practice. From Wordnik.com. [The Champion Of Passion] Reference
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