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Shrink in a sentence

Shrink meaning

  1. To cause to become smaller.
  2. To become smaller; to contract.
  3. To cower or flinch.

Synonyms of Shrink

decrease lessen diminish fall shrivel funk squinch flinch wither shrivel up medical specialist specialist head-shrinker psychiatrist cringe

Using Shrink

  • The main meaning on this page is: To cause to become smaller. | To become smaller; to contract. | To cower or flinch.
  • Useful related words include: decrease, lessen, diminish, fall.
  • In the example corpus, shrink often appears in combinations such as: to shrink, shrink the, shrink by.

Context around Shrink

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Shrink

  • In this selection, "shrink" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, radio, service, term, wrap, wrappers and wrapping stand out and add context to how "shrink" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a radio shrink in seattle and a tv shrink in chicago. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "shrink" sits close to words such as axe, bharat and borrowers, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with shrink

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Beazley profits shrink by 48% as base rate hikes lead to. (11 words)

Frasier was a radio Shrink in Seattle and then a TV shrink in Chicago. (14 words)

According to the IFO Institute, Germany’s economy will shrink by 0.4% this year. (15 words)

But as momentum continues to build behind these programs, and this concept, I think a delay of a quarter or two quarters is not really insurmountable that will shrink, given I think the momentum benefits, and maybe you'll end up with data a quarter later. (46 words)

Witness the wonders of shrink art with artist Kyllan Maney, who won’t giggle when she learns you’ve never really outgrown the joy of coloring on clear crafting plastics then using heat to make them shrink. (37 words)

Shrink-wrap and click-wrap licenses main main The term shrink-wrap license refers colloquially to any software license agreement which is enclosed within a software package and is inaccessible to the customer until after purchase. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

Frasier was a radio Shrink in Seattle and then a TV shrink in Chicago.

The Shrink Wrappers is one of the few full-service shrink-wrapping businesses in the tristate area.

Tyrannical government will never shrink its own size and power unless it is forced to shrink.

Witness the wonders of shrink art with artist Kyllan Maney, who won’t giggle when she learns you’ve never really outgrown the joy of coloring on clear crafting plastics then using heat to make them shrink.

Shrink-wrap and click-wrap licenses main main The term shrink-wrap license refers colloquially to any software license agreement which is enclosed within a software package and is inaccessible to the customer until after purchase.

A bartender, a background actor, a shrink, a hair stylist—a psychic inventory of a city in stasis.

According to the IFO Institute, Germany’s economy will shrink by 0.4% this year.

A mother’s duress is truly unmatched, and when three overworked, overstressed moms get pushed beyond their limits, they decide to shrink their responsibilities and lead a life of love.

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An auction for an original first-generation that's still in its original packaging (shrink wrap and all) has ended with a massive winning bid—$63,356.40, to be exact.

And these contractions you have in your postpartum also help shrink this site faster, thus reducing the amount of bleeding you have.

And when her options shrink almost to none, she short-circuits; the seductive tarantella she dances to keep Torvald from reading a fateful letter becomes a kind of seizure.

As early as 2010, the physical home video market would begin to drastically shrink and largely kill off this domain of cinema (though Universal’s kept at it with modern DTV comedy sequels like ).

Assuming that you have the PiP setting turned on, the video will shrink into a PiP window which can be dragged to different parts of the screen.

As things got more stable with Robyn and their children, Meri’s role in Kody’s life continued to shrink, ultimately leaving him choosing not to prioritize Meri at all.

Bake the tomatoes until they are tender and starting to color and shrink, about 45 minutes.

Beazley profits shrink by 48% as base rate hikes lead to.

Because expenses are also set to fall as a result of lower workload, RMK's profit is forecast to shrink by €10 million.

But as momentum continues to build behind these programs, and this concept, I think a delay of a quarter or two quarters is not really insurmountable that will shrink, given I think the momentum benefits, and maybe you'll end up with data a quarter later.

But as overall resources shrink with falling enrollments and an increasingly hostile public on which universities are utterly dependent for support, maybe all the campus protagonists will end up losers.

But Mr Anker said that once summer seasonal services begin, Flybe’s share was set to shrink to 19 per cent of flights and 15 per cent of seats.

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Common combinations with shrink

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "shrink" in a sentence?
An example: "Frasier was a radio Shrink in Seattle and then a TV shrink in Chicago." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "shrink" from authentic English texts.
What does "shrink" mean?
Shrink means: To cause to become smaller.
What are synonyms of "shrink"?
Common synonyms of "shrink" include: decrease, lessen, diminish, fall, shrivel, funk, squinch, flinch. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "shrink" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "shrink", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.