shrunken
Example Sentences
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Satellite images examined by BBC Verify show shrunken glaciers, scorched areas left by wildfires, green fields turned arid and lower river levels.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
It functions, instead, as an honest and inquisitive interrogation of a life that has been, for too long, shrunken down and underappreciated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
According to De la Vega, she finds the shrunken books more approachable.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
Buffett liked the monopoly status of newspapers, which has been largely destroyed over the past 20 years, leaving the industry greatly shrunken and far less profitable.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
David opened a can of beef stew and ate the whole can— with his shrunken stomach it filled him to bursting— and still the whales tore the bay apart.
From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen
