Shrank is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Shrank in a sentence
Shrank meaning
simple past of shrink
Using Shrank
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past of shrink
- In the example corpus, shrank often appears in combinations such as: shrank by, economy shrank, shrank to.
Context around Shrank
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shrank
- In this selection, "shrank" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, economy, worth, father and inventories stand out and add context to how "shrank" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include account surplus shrank 86 per and basin that shrank as the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shrank" sits close to words such as amicable, amiga and ankles, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shrank
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The average rate on 10-year fixed refinance also shrank. (10 words)
Yes, Chewy's customer base shrank by 1% in 2022. (10 words)
The share of those who reported an increase in overstocking shrank to 25%. (13 words)
As instructed, I tucked the rolled-out dough “over the top of the fennel and tomato mixture” and “down around the sides of the pan,” but the pastry shrank and I wound up with a syrupy flat thing that wasn’t what I hoped for. (45 words)
The gap between the Black and White unemployment rate — a closely watched benchmark of inequality in the labor market — shrank to its narrowest level on record in March as African Americans saw outsize gains in employment. (36 words)
Adani, 60, has since slid on Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index from being the world’s third richest person to the 11th, as his net worth shrank more than $30 billion to an estimated $84 billion. (35 words)
Is it simply another indication that the market has retreated since interest rates soared and stock market portfolios shrank? (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
Adani, 60, has since slid on Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index from being the world’s third richest person to the 11th, as his net worth shrank more than $30 billion to an estimated $84 billion.
As he rose higher and higher, his father shrank against the forest floor, a pinprick next to the monstrous girth of the tree.
As per the Office for National Statistics (ONS), after a 0.5% gain in June, the country’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) shrank by 0.5% in July.
A World News article in some editions Thursday and a Page One article and photo caption in some editions on Friday about China’s economy incorrectly said it shrank for the sixth consecutive month.
Is it simply another indication that the market has retreated since interest rates soared and stock market portfolios shrank?
Russia’s current account surplus shrank 86 per cent year-on-year to $25.6 billion in January-August.
The average rate on 10-year fixed refinance also shrank.
The gap between the Black and White unemployment rate — a closely watched benchmark of inequality in the labor market — shrank to its narrowest level on record in March as African Americans saw outsize gains in employment.
The share of those who reported an increase in overstocking shrank to 25%.
The Ukrainian economy shrank more than 30% last year, and the World Bank estimated Kyiv will need at least $411-billion for its recovery and reconstruction.
While U.S. business activity shrank in January, the downturn moderated across both the manufacturing and services sectors for the first time since September and business confidence strengthened as the new year began.
Yes, Chewy's customer base shrank by 1% in 2022.
A measure of U.S. factory activity fell back into contraction in April as indicators of new orders and order backlogs shrank.
As a result, state staff noted a sparse network of "representative" monitoring wells in the sub-basin—that shrank as the years went by.
As instructed, I tucked the rolled-out dough “over the top of the fennel and tomato mixture” and “down around the sides of the pan,” but the pastry shrank and I wound up with a syrupy flat thing that wasn’t what I hoped for.
Contractors also will do a targeted mapping survey of where Eurasian watermilfoil is present now, and how much its presence spread or shrank in the past six years.
Goodman argues that the crisis exposed the brittleness of a system that relied, for years, on “just in time” manufacturing, which shrank inventories.
However, the economy shrank by 5.5% when measured against the commonly used Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Individual shares of the economy shrank again, by 1.2% during the quarter, the eighth consecutive quarterly fall.
In the past month, he fell from No. 8 to No. 9 as shares of Inditex declined; his fortune shrank by an estimated $5.4 billion.
Common combinations with shrank
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- shrank by 23×
- economy shrank 21×
- shrank to 15×
- shrank in 14×
- shrank the 7×
- shrank at 6×
- shrank for 6×
- activity shrank 5×
- it shrank 5×
- also shrank 5×