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shrank
verb as in become smaller
Example Sentences
Then the spring from where they drank was commandeered for the settlement’s use, even as the thousands of square miles open to his livestock shrank with every passing year.
In addition, to eke out votes from lawmakers representing smaller cities, SB 79 zones shrank to a quarter mile in cities with less than 35,000 residents, compared with a half mile everywhere else.
Elsewhere, the Institute for Supply Management, a professional organization that polls supply-chain executives, found that services employment shrank in September.
The decline in sentiment comes after data last week showed the German economy shrank by more than previously estimated in the three months through June.
Canada’s economy—dependent on trade with the U.S.—shrank in the second quarter.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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