shrank
Example Sentences
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Opal shrank back in the doorway, and Oswald the miller filled it up with his huge girth.
From Literature
From Cole’s perspective, even if Musk cut government contracts and shrank the federal workforce—which he did—he couldn’t meaningfully dent Social Security and Medicare benefits.
But in 2022-24 Antarctic sea ice shrank significantly, largely down to climate change, depriving the birds of safe places to moult.
From BBC
Ukraine's economy shrank by almost a third in the year after Russia's invasion.
From Barron's
After treatment with dancing molecules, the gelled nanofiber scaffold reduced inflammation, shrank glial scarring, stimulated neurite extension, and encouraged neurons to grow in organized patterns.
From Science Daily
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