shrinking in English

verb
1
become or make smaller in size or amount; contract or cause to contract.
the workforce has shrunk to less than a thousand
2
move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.
she shrank away from him, covering her face
noun
verb

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1. The Confederacy was shrinking, and the morale of its remaining men shrinking with it

2. Not all candidates are shrinking violets.

3. She was convinced he was shrinking.

4. I can literally feel my cells shrinking.

5. There's a cat shrinking on the sofa.

6. The market for their products is shrinking.

7. Not shrinking is much more important than surviving!

8. Addressing shrinking civil society space in developing countries

9. I'm just enjoying myself in this shrinking box.

10. The gender gap is neither expanding nor shrinking.

11. Profits have been shrinking over the last year.

12. There has been a steadily shrinking supply of it.

13. And with no replacement I was just shrinking away.

14. On addressing shrinking civil society space in developing countries

15. A Devoted Disciple and an Example of Not Shrinking

16. The drifts were granulated and shrinking under my eyes.

17. She listened, shrinking under the blankets, to their shouts.

18. Clitoral atrophy involves the clitoris losing sensation and shrinking

19. This is Olive Kaplan's C.T. scan- - the incredible shrinking baby.

20. SO2Cl2 can also be used to treat wool to prevent shrinking.

21. Their market share is shrinking considerably, and more to come yet.

22. Hungary may have to lower its hopes of shrinking its state sector.

23. Sony has also led the way in shrinking the size of compact-disc players.

24. The impoverished population is shrinking substantially and the impoverishment rate is decreasing sharply.

25. Japan suffers from tepid economic growth, draconian immigration policies and a shrinking population.

26. 10 Self-sufficiency, payment in kind and living-in service were all shrinking.

27. Synonyms for Contractive include compressive, constrictive, binding, compacting, cramping, packing, pressing, shrinking, shrivelling and shriveling

28. She purposely made the dress larger to allow for shrinking when it was washed. Sentencedict.com

29. And he will prod the party to think twice about shrinking the scope of government.

30. A recession is defined as two consecutive quarters of contraction , or shrinking economic output .

31. “Dave,” he said, “I have learned that not shrinking is more important than surviving.”

32. Amur leopards are currently threatened by shrinking prey tracts and the illegal wildlife trade

33. 40 synonyms for Coy: modest, retiring, shy, shrinking, arch, timid, self-effacing, demure, flirtatious, bashful

34. On the next morning, a shrinking CDO weakened Hector back into a Category 3 storm.

35. He has been a steadfast supporter of balanced budgets and shrinking the size of government.

36. Antonyms for Cumulative include decreasing, diminishing, subtracting, subtractive, declining, dwindling, falling, subsiding, reducing and shrinking

37. But in the last century, scientists like Dr. Abdalati have personally witnessed Earth's ice shrinking.

38. Hess therefore concluded that the Atlantic Ocean was expanding while the Pacific Ocean was shrinking.

39. Synonyms for Blenching include recoiling, shrinking, flinching, wincing, cringing, quailing, shying, starting, shuddering and faltering

40. Antonyms for Accumulative include decreasing, diminishing, subtracting, subtractive, declining, dwindling, falling, subsiding, reducing and shrinking

41. The reactions of the nerve cells consist of a shrinking, acidophily and hyperargyrophily of nucleus and pericaryon.

42. The crowd was crammed shoulder to shoulder and back to front on the shrinking piece of roadway.

43. Report on addressing shrinking civil society space in developing countries [2016/2324(INI)] — Committee on Development.

44. Shrinking grazing areas and a lack of investment in fodder trees may thwart a sustainable revival.

45. 9 He has been a steadfast supporter of balanced budgets and shrinking the size of government.

46. A shrinking core model is used to account for the calcination process of ultra - fine limestone.

47. In mid-19 two rallies related to shrinking supplies sent prices surging above $ 6 an ounce.

48. The abrupt appearance of the sinkholes reflects changes to the groundwater regime around the shrinking DS.

49. The pile cutoff and tbe shrinking - diameter piles are discovered and numbered in rather large proportion.

50. Used for farming or relating to farming: The world's supply of Agricultural land is shrinking fast