shrunken
Example Sentences
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Outside, freshly laid parking lots sit mostly empty while a single, shrunken shift of workers comes and goes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Buffett liked the monopoly status of newspapers, which has been largely destroyed over the past 20 years, leaving the industry greatly shrunken and far less profitable.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
But rebuilding agencies that have been radically shrunken would take much longer than cutting them down, the scholars said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2025
The individual beans, which resemble shrunken dates due to their wrinkly dark exterior, can also be microplaned to create a fine powder, according to a guide from Great British Chefs.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2025
And Shelob cowed at last, shrunken in defeat, jerked and quivered as she tried to hasten from him.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
