Shrinking Definition

verb

Present participle of shrink.

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noun

The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away.

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Noun

Singular:
shrinking
Plural:
shrinkings

Shrinking Sentence Examples

  • Who could blame Valorie for shrinking from Yancey's temper?

  • You'll start to feel your world shrinking soon, Guardian.

  • The linear scale of maps can obviously be used only in the case of maps covering a small area, for in the case of maps of greater extension measurements would be vitiated owing to the distortion or exaggeration inherent in all projections, not to mention the expansion or shrinking of the paper in the process of printing.

  • Be sure to buy items that can be washed without shrinking.

  • The area of the lake is shrinking owing to the progressive desiccation of the country, Saharan climate and conditions replacing those of the Sudan.

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