shrink from
Example Sentences
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They discovered that, unlike the polar filaments formed by similar systems in other bacteria, the filaments in Anabaena are bipolar, meaning they can grow and shrink from both ends.
From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026
But the bigger part only allowed for more subtlety as Liu sought to inhabit someone made to feel small by her circumstances, who still doesn’t shrink from doing right by her child.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
Sales are expected to drop 5.6% from a year ago, while earnings shrink from 25 cents to 20 cents per share.
From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025
The reason is clear: Audiences gravitate toward the popular and shrink from the unknown or, heaven forfend, the challenging.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025
As she approached him, he smiled at her and something about that portable piano smile, something about the steady gaze in which he held her, made her shrink from him.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
