grow smaller
Example Sentences
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Demand for ivory has decreased in recent years, but elephant herds in some parts of Africa are still declining, and evidence suggests the animals are evolving to grow smaller tusks.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Each time that happens, the surviving green patches grow smaller.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
A weak yen, once considered a boon to the export-led economy, is now having less of an impact as shipments grow smaller, given the ongoing shift by Japanese manufacturers to offshore production.
From Reuters ● May 19, 2022
Buddhist monks chanted, the incantations broadcast by loudspeaker over a village where history’s aggressors and victims still coexist, where farmers’ landholdings grow smaller with each year.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2022
Still as a statue, I stare at the horizon until the wagon, the men on horses grow smaller and smaller.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
