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
The reel was shrunken through age and frayed, but otherwise in remarkable condition for something stashed in sun-heated attics for years.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
On top of a degraded infrastructure, it would have to contend with a shrunken military and new threats such as drones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
With the addition of Frankie Garcia as lead singer, Bobby and the Classics renamed themselves the Headhunters after a shrunken head that Jaramillo hung on the rearview mirror of his ’49 Chevy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
His face was older in the morning light, with the closed, shrunken eyelids and the heavy, iron-like beard on his cheeks and jaw.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
