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.
Her mind shrunk from the idea of uniting her daughter to the murderer of her father. From Wordnik.com. [The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne: A Highland Story] Reference
She shrunk from a remonstrance she conceived she had merited, and regarded herself to be henceforth either culpable or unhappy. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth] Reference
But for your perseverance and your faithful belief in the value of Manson's induction, you would have shrunk from the difficulties. From Wordnik.com. [Ronald Ross - Banquet Speech] Reference
Since 2000, ACoC has shrunk from a little over 650,000 attendees in 2000 to around 325,000 in 2010, a loss of over 20,000 people annually. From Wordnik.com. [Bishops in Space « Anglican Samizdat] Reference
And because the way it all came out, kind of shrunk his time as well. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2007] Reference
The fact that everyone's idle cash 'shrunk' is not the real story of the envelope. From Wordnik.com. [The Mailer That Put the Final Nail in the McCain Campaign Coffin] Reference
At the beginning of Chapter V (Plate 12), Los "shrunk" in "terrors" from his task (12.20). From Wordnik.com. ['Points of Contact': Blake and Whitman] Reference
In many ways the world has been "shrunk" to fit within what news editors believe the people are interested in. From Wordnik.com. ["Increasing Interconnectedness": Globalisation and International Intervention] Reference
I just kind of shrunk back like I was expecting punishment of some kind but she actually just smiled and walked away. From Wordnik.com. [super-suzan Diary Entry] Reference
My! But she kind of shrunk in and looked a million years old. From Wordnik.com. [Love, the Fiddler] Reference
"I think it's probably because their stomachs kind of shrunk," she said. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
Area along Line of Actual Control with China has 'shrunk': Official report. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
The testicles look like it kind of shrunk a little and not dangling like they uselessly are (wear boxers). From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
The last time I tried it on it appeared to have, um, ahem, "shrunk," but that doesn't mean it won't be resurrected at some point. From Wordnik.com. [Fashion Binge] Reference
Previously a three-day event, the organisers have "shrunk" the festival into just two days, on Saturday April 30 and Sunday May 1. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
By 1984, the numbers had shrunk to six out of 148. From Wordnik.com. [Prep Chic] Reference
By 2030, national income will have shrunk by 15 percent. From Wordnik.com. [BIRTH DEARTH] Reference
A couch-shrunk celebrity might have connected the two dots. From Wordnik.com. [A Kinky 'Regular Guy'] Reference
Mazda's American bosses have shrunk the work force by 25 percent since 1994. From Wordnik.com. [Sony: Play As Work] Reference
Reliable guidance systems like TERCOM, patented in 1958, could now be shrunk. From Wordnik.com. [The Mind Of A Missile] Reference
Now grants have shrunk to 39 percent of the pie, while loans have grown to 54 percent. From Wordnik.com. [Managing The Perils Of Student Debt] Reference
Apparel sales at Japan's department stores has shrunk almost 10 percent in the last five years. From Wordnik.com. [Busy Little Buyers] Reference
The Pentagon had shrunk, by Perot's own measure, to shoe-box size, and he was its unquestioned master. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Coming] Reference
The number of full-time American farmers has shrunk dramatically over the last several decades to 500,000. From Wordnik.com. [How To Trim The Deficit] Reference
That would be more bad news for the network, whose profits have shrunk an estimated 70 percent since 1989. From Wordnik.com. [Nbc's Olympian Gamble] Reference
But the dream of repeal has shrunk to a symbol in legislation working its way through the House of Representatives. From Wordnik.com. [Repeal The Marriage Tax?] Reference
With short-term interest rates closing in on record lows, money-market fund returns have shrunk to less than 2 percent. From Wordnik.com. [The New Rules Of Retirement] Reference
The number of elite-grade weapons designers has shrunk from as many as 100 to "a couple of dozen, no more," by one insider's estimate. From Wordnik.com. [NUCLEAR OFFENSE] Reference
The defense industry has shrunk in recent years to the point where it consists almost solely of Lockheed Martin and a handful of rivals. From Wordnik.com. [The Norman Conquest] Reference
In the fourth quarter of 2008, the economy shrunk at a 6.3 percent annual rate, and in the first quarter it shrunk at a 5.5 percent rate. From Wordnik.com. [Are You Feeling ‘Stimulated’ Yet?] Reference
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