How to Use contraction in a Sentence

contraction

noun
  • Two teams were eliminated in the contraction of the baseball league.
  • The hot metal undergoes contraction as it cools.
  • She felt contractions every two minutes.
  • There’s just so much going on from contraction, etc.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2025
  • At that point, her contractions were constant.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • But avoiding an outright contraction is far from a sure thing.
    — Rich Miller, Bloomberg.com, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Those contractions may cause mild to severe pain in some people.
    — Kristine Thomason, Health, 17 Aug. 2023
  • First of all, there’s been a big contraction in the industry.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2025
  • To ease the pain of her contractions, doctors gave her narcotics.
    — Shoshana Walter, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
  • These two months followed six straight months of contractions in demand.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 30 Jan. 2026
  • More contractions could be coming soon.
    — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Pause for a moment at the top to feel the maximum contraction in the front of your shin.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 4 Nov. 2025
  • This will help increase the contraction in your hamstrings.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 2 Sep. 2025
  • This will help increase the contraction in your hamstrings.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 9 Mar. 2026
  • This will help increase the contraction in your hamstrings.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 18 June 2026
  • But the strikes were not the only causes of the contraction, the report found.
    — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The contraction resumes a more than two-year downward trend in the sector.
    — Tobias Burns, The Hill, 17 Apr. 2025
  • This collapsible contraction mimics the squat rack and free weights at the gym.
    — John Thompson, Men's Health, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The superheroes run back to the ship, where Sue starts to have contractions.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Driving this contraction is the Iran war, which has now stretched into its fourth month.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 8 June 2026
  • Even after the strike — or strikes — and all this contraction, the sandbox is still going to be big.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2023
  • My contractions were so intense.
    — Sara Belcher, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
  • Weakens a little when the contractions peak.
    — Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
  • But three days later, on her birthday, contractions returned and didn't stop.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The growth during the third quarter follows a contraction during the first half of the year.
    — CBS News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • That means a powerful hip extension through a strong contraction of the glutes to push the hips open.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Purchasing‑manager surveys showed contraction throughout most of the year.
    — Paul S. Lavoie, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
  • There has not been a contraction like this one since World War II.
    — Dick Lepre, National Review, 14 Dec. 2022
  • For other Floridians, the past few years have been a slow agony of contraction.
    — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
  • This happens because fluid and gas move in the stomach due to contractions.
    — Merve Ceylan, Health, 26 Oct. 2025

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