How to Use shrink from in a Sentence

shrink from

verb
  • Scoring shrinks from role players in road games.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Darnold has appeared to enjoy the week, rather than shrink from it.
    — Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The development timeline has shrunk from months to days.
    — Aj Bubb, Forbes.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Journalists write of change over nearly every news cycle, yet shrink from it.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • The audience shrank from about 100 to fewer than 20.
    — Connye Griffin, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Bake cake until top springs back when gently pressed, 20–25 minutes (cake may start to shrink from sides of pan).
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026
  • In the past 25 years, the cost of starting a business has shrunk from $5 million to $500.
    — Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Rather than shrinking from the spotlight, the bears embrace the moment, lifting their Pepsi cans for all to see.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Instead of shrinking from scandal and behavior that could once have ended careers, politicians learn to exploit it.
    — Brandon Rottinghaus, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Instead of shrinking from scandal and behavior that could once have ended careers, politicians learn to exploit it.
    — Brandon Rottinghaus, The Conversation, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Factor it in, and the gap between the two families shrinks from $40,000 to just $220.
    — Leila Gautham, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Never one to shrink from a challenge Not shrinking from a challenge was a virtue instilled in Keane by some of her earliest mentors.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026
  • And mall stores shrank from 6,000 to 4,000 square feet, while street locations in big cities remained much larger.
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 26 June 2026
  • Experian’s share shrank from 20% in 2024 to less than 1% in 2025.
    — Dan Avery, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The median size of homes built today has actually shrunk from a peak of 2,466 square feet in 2015.
    — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Similarly, the portion of moderate Democrats has shrunk from 42% to 34%.
    — Robert T.f. Downes, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
  • However, their division lead over the rival Phillies has shrunk from a season-high 10½ games on May 22 to three at the start of this week.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 29 June 2026
  • The bank blamed sluggish growth due to the labor supply shrinking from deportations, an aging population and fewer visas for workers and students.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Airline seat pitch shrank from an average of roughly 34 inches in the 1970s to around 30 inches today.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 2 June 2026
  • Experian's share, meanwhile, shrank from 20% in 2024 to less than 1% in 2025.
    — Dan Avery, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The Middle Amana plant has shrunk from five assembly lines working multiple shifts over the years to just one, with another shift slated to be cut at the end of the current quarter.
    — Kevin Baskins, Des Moines Register, 26 Feb. 2026
  • In all sorts of ways and for all sorts of reasons, members of the Gen Z and Millennial generations seem to be shrinking from long-term commitments.
    — Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
  • The course shrank from 18 holes to nine last summer during the earlier stages of the sewer line replacement, but city officials said the final phases of the project require a complete closure.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The debate is unfolding at precisely the moment when the half-life of materially relevant information is shrinking from months to weeks—and in some cases, from weeks to days.
    — Nosa Omoigui, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Another portion of the funding has shrunk from $700 million to $200 million as customers shift from voice to broadband-only services.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 15 May 2026
  • The first aircraft joined the Air Force fleet in 1978, and the US fleet has shrunk from 32 aircraft in 2015.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Their obligation to Garcia, who was cut early in the 2024 season, shrinks from $12 million last season to $5 million this season.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Freemasons today Freemasons today have largely shrunk from their once quite prestigious influence in American society.
    — Derek Arnold, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Rays infielder Gavin Lux shrunk from 6-foot-2 to 5-foot-11, as did Dodgers infielder Alex Freeland.
    — Sam Blum, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • When the Knicks go on a run like that, New York feels smaller, shrinking from a sprawling metropolis to a college town where everyone wears the same colors and spills onto the streets after a home win.
    — Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026

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