shrinking

[US]/[ʃrɪŋkɪŋ]/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

v. becoming smaller, reducing;
n. the act of getting smaller or reducing.

Phrases & Collocations

shrinking down

shrinking machine

shrinking violet

Example Sentences

Unemployment has been shrinking throughout the recovery.

She purposely made the dress larger to allow for shrinking when it was washed.

Dorothy is no shrinking violet when it comes to expressing her views.

automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eyes in strong light.See Synonyms at spontaneous

the army has been whipsawed by a shrinking budget and a growing pool of recruits.

Exposé can show all open and unhidden windows, shrinking their appearance so they all fit on a single screen.

The effects of tiemolecule on shrinking stress of the fiber and the effects of spinning speed on its texture were analyzed.

I can’t imagine why a dynamic young woman like her is marrying a shrinking violet like him.

In additional, automatic decapper, automatic leakage checker, barrel brusher, automatic capper, barrel elevator and thermal shrinking machine are made by customer's need.

Wernerians thought strata were deposits from shrinking seas, but James Hutton proposed a self-maintaining infinite cycle, anticipating uniformitarianism.

The Shrinking of ChinaFor decades, rail travel in China meant an arduous overnighter in a crowded East German–designed train, riding along a rickety old track.

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