I see no impropriety either in compressing an idea in less than fourteen lines for simplicity or in lengthening it for perspicuity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letter 85] Reference

• He experiment with air and the idea of compressing it and invented the first air pump.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

I'm actually fascinated by the idea of compressing my earthly belongings into the smallest possible space.    From Wordnik.com.  [What's the difference between living in a trailer...] Reference

You're using a word here called "compressing" that some audio files aren't used to hearing.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2003] Reference

We've got a really bad mix of a sandwich here, with Henriette and Felix just kind of compressing this area.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2007] Reference

League, compressing it all into "I favor going in.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox] Reference

Mode of compressing this vessel against the humerus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

Direct the assistant to cease compressing the root of the ear, and.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference

Shales and slates are rocks formed by heating and compressing clay.    From Wordnik.com.  [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference

Just as compressing air makes it warmer, gravity made dense spots hotter.    From Wordnik.com.  [How It All Started] Reference

"Yes -- I understand whom you mean," said the President, compressing his lips.    From Wordnik.com.  [White Ashes] Reference

He is compressing his lips, and struggling hard for an appearance of composure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference

They eat with the right hand, compressing the rice into portions of convenient size.    From Wordnik.com.  [Children of Borneo] Reference

The artist has succeeded in compressing a rather large subject into the single lancet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See] Reference

Mrs. Byrne expressed her emotion and showed her tact by silently compressing her lips.    From Wordnik.com.  [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference

In the case of the Air Car, electricity from the grid is expended in compressing the air.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fill 'Er Up, But Not With Gas] Reference

The helmet did its job, absorbing the energy — compressing and cracking from the impact.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biking and baseball injuries - How to protect yourself and your kids] Reference

It is like compressing a million years of education by natural selection into von lifetime.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day] Reference

This fact is of importance in problems relating to heating drying and the compressing of air.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steam, Its Generation and Use] Reference

So startups are breaking the rules, compressing innovation cycles into as little as three months.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Future Of Lighting] Reference

Jeremy's main concern: the shocks felt too stiff, not compressing enough, and the car "went rigid.".    From Wordnik.com.  [What A Rush] Reference

Among other things, Microsoft controls technology for compressing video onto high-definition discs.    From Wordnik.com.  [ONE MAN'S FLIGHT OF FANCY] Reference

They clamped down hard, grinding shut, compressing with the tightening intensity of a closing vise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Planet of the Damned] Reference

CODEC Technology for compressing or decompressing large chunks of data such as video and sound files.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Perils Of Geek Speak] Reference

But here, there's a snowball of nouns, compressing the logic of syntax to white and inescapable atmosphere.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poem of the week: A Mind of Winter by Martha Kapos] Reference

"Gravity acts like a piston, compressing everything," says astrophysicist Michael Turner of the University of Chicago.    From Wordnik.com.  [How It All Started] Reference

One method by which the gas from oil wells may be utilized consists in compressing it in steel cylinders for shipping.    From Wordnik.com.  [Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation] Reference

Espérance partially closed his eyes as if suffering intensely, bringing his teeth firmly together and compressing his lips.    From Wordnik.com.  [Edmond Dantès] Reference

The tests are made by using a cubic inch of the metal and compressing it, and by trying to draw apart a square inch of metal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Practical Mechanics for Boys] Reference

His universe was collapsing all over him, compressing to the point of a hypodermic needle, and he was still far from his goal.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Amazing Adventures of Macro-Microbe] Reference

He was also suffering from some sort of heart disease, which caused fluid to build up in his chest cavity, compressing his lungs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Parting With A Pet] Reference

Watching a Novak performance is like compressing time, witnessing an entire relationship played out over the course of 40 minutes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angora Holly Polo: The Problem of Leisure: Special UMS 2010 Edition (Part 4)] Reference

The helmet should fit snugly, with the head partially compressing the soft foam pads inside, even before the straps are tightened.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baby & child weekender: Get the right bike helmet fit] Reference

Poe gave attention also to compressing all the details of the plot of the story instead of expanding them as in a long story or novel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference

After he stabilized a bit, X-rays were taken and they showed, once again, a large amount of fluid surrounding and compressing his lungs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Parting With A Pet] Reference