grow smaller
Example Sentences
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Demand for ivory has decreased in recent years, but elephant herds in some parts of Africa are still declining, and evidence suggests the animals are evolving to grow smaller tusks.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Each time that happens, the surviving green patches grow smaller.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2022
A weak yen, once considered a boon to the export-led economy, is now having less of an impact as shipments grow smaller, given the ongoing shift by Japanese manufacturers to offshore production.
From Reuters • May 19, 2022
I watched the foggily obscured skyline grow smaller throughout our 35-minute journey to Bainbridge.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 16, 2021
The bus chugs down our street, and I watch him grow smaller, and then the bus turns the comer and he is gone.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
